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About Me

I was born in Kensington and brought up in southeast London, where I am now once more based after three decades of living and travelling in the parts of the world that are my areas of expertise.

My wife is American and prior to relocating to London in 2008 I was based in Pittsburgh for nine years.

I have worked as an author for the Rough Guides for 18 years and am a royaltied author on several titles including The USA, California and San Francisco.I have also written for AA publications on California.

My special areas of local knowledge in the USA include touristic hotspots such as Niagara Falls, Philadelhpia, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and redwood country, as well as lesser known but important gems such as Cincinnatti, Cleveland and my old home of Pittsburgh.

My interests are wide-ranging from football (as a lifelong Spurs fan) and other sports, through music (especially rock, indie and psychedelic) and food, to reading and participating in more philosophical and religious topics.

I believe in the underlying unity of all people and the universe, which is one reason I love travel, so people can experience that as a greater reality.