Mike Gerrard
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Mike_Gerrard

Personal Information:
Name Mike Gerrard
Professional title Freelance travel writer/photographer
Address 15 Church Green
Ramsey
Town Huntingdon
County/State Cambridgeshire
Country United Kingdom
Post/zip code PE26 1DW
Phone (daytime) 01487-815668
Phone (evening) 01487-815668
Fax
Mobile
Email 1 mail@mikegerrard.com
Email 2
Website 1 www.mikegerrard.com
Website 2 www.lulu.com/mikegerrard

Mike_Gerrard

Mike_Gerrard


Biography
Have written numerous travel pieces and general features for newspapers and magazines worldwide, and over 20 guidebooks, plus radio plays and fiction

Areas of specialist knowledge
Greece (especially Corfu, Crete and Athens); Paris; Amsterdam; Venice; Tunisia; food and drink; Ireland; southern USA; guidebooks

Accomplishment, awards
Winner of a Travelex Award, a BGTW Award, two Awards for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers' Guild and a Benjamin Franklin Award for a guidebook to Paris

Client list
AA, AAA, Dorling Kindersley, Michelin, Thomas Cook, Insight, Chelsea House Publishers, Purple Guides, Berlitz, National Geographic, The Times, The Express, The Guardian, Intermezzo

Consultancy costs
$100 per hour, minimum charge one hour

Recent guidebooks
As sole author:
CitySpots Guide to Athens (Thomas Cook, 2006); CitySpots Guide to Amsterdam (Thomas Cook, 2006); Colours of Paris (AA Publishing, 2005); Going Underground Paris (Navigator Guides, 2005); Globetrotter Guide to Corfu (New Holland, new edition 2005); Bloom's Literary Places: Paris (Chelsea House Publishing, 2004); National Geographic Traveler Guide to Greece (National Geographic, 2001 and new edition 2006); Leisure Guide to Yorkshire Dales and co-author of the Leisure Guide to Lake District (AA, 1999-2003)

As co-author with wife, Donna Dailey:
Official Travel Guide to 2007 Rugby World Cup (Purple Guides, 2007); Top Ten Guide to Paris (Dorling Kindersley, 2002); In Your Pocket Guide to Tunis (Michelin, 2002); Insight Pocket Guide to Dublin (Apa Publications, 2002); Spiral Crete (AA, 2003); Spiral Corfu (AA, 2006).

As a contributor:
Key Guide to Britain (contributor, AA Publishing, 2004); Key Guide to Ireland (contributor, AA Publishing, 2004); Eyewitness Tunisia (Editorial Consultant, Dorling Kindersley, 2005); Moon Metro Guide to Paris (contributor, Moon Publications, 2002)

As updater:
Travellers Guide to Amsterdam (updater, Thomas Cook, 2005); Hotspots Tunisia (updater, Thomas Cook, 2005); Hotspots Corfu (updater, Thomas Cook, 2005); Globetrotter Guide to Corfu (updater, 2005); Globetrotter Guide to Tunisia (updater, 2005); Pocket Guide to Tunisia (updater, Berlitz, 2003); Explorer Greek Islands (updater, AA, 2003).

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