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Based full-time in Orlando, Florida (but with regular
travels in the Americas and Europe), Simon (from the UK) and Susan (from the Midwest) form a unique and insightful writing
business, both individually and as a dynamic team. Their basic ethos is to lead readers by the hand into the varied and
complex world of travel, to ensure everyone gets a full and valid perspective on their many subjects, and also to provide
a positive and user-friendly destination insight. They can turn their hand to any written media, and have frequently
been told their books and travel articles are "like having a good and knowledgeable friend take us around." Their
Brit Guide titles to Orlando and Disneyland Paris have garnered numerous accolades (including Best Guidebook with the British
Guild of Travel Writers) but, more importantly, have been the No 1 titles on their destinations for many years with the people
who count most - their readers. Separately, Simon and Susan have carved out distinctive and highly informative styles for
themselves, while together they are among the world's most distinguished and prolific travel teams.
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 Simon Veness
Author, Editor,
Writer
Sports and travel writer Simon has been in the journalism business since
1981 and was the original founder of the Brit Guide travel book series with UK publishers Foulsham in the mid-1990s. He quickly
discovered sport and travel were good companions as he developed the Brit's Guide series in tandem with his specialty for
American sports coverage with several British newspapers. His acclaimed freelance writing has grown to include a huge variety
of outlets, from major British newspapers The Sun, Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, The Telegraph and The Independent to specialty
publications like RCI Holiday, Essentially America and World of Cruising magazine (which he also edits). He has
featured on BBC TV's Holiday programme, various regional radio stations and writes a View From America
column for SkySports.com. Other outlets include the Internet, web pages for the likes of Attraction Tickets Direct and World
of Cruising, as well as a cruising blog site, Time Spent At Sea. Simon has also partnered with wife Susan on various writing projects, and their travels together continue to provide a rich
source of inspiration for articles and books. A committed and lifelong devotee of travel in all its forms, Simon is
never happier than when detailing his observations and thoughts, and his one big ambition is to tour the vast and inhospitable
tracts of Antarctica. As final proof of the perfect compatability of travel and sport, Simon's formative years were spent
in Southern Africa, where his family lived for seven years, and he was national junior tennis champion in 1975 and '76
- in Botswana! |
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 Susan Veness
Author, Writer, Webmaster Susan Veness is an international travel writer, solo author of The Hidden Magic
of Walt Disney World, and co-author in the Brit Guide travel book series, having decided that writing holds more
fascination than her degree in Bioenergetic medicine. She was among the first (very young!) visitors to Walt Disney World
in 1971 and has maintained a keen interest in Orlando, Disney and the theme parks ever since, giving rise to an encyclopedic
knowledge of all things Mouse-like. Her eye for detail and Disney savvy led her to becoming a contributor to a major (unofficial)
Disney website and discussion forum, which she then parlayed into a job with the Brit Guide travel series as principal research
assistant on their Orlando title in 2001. Working with US-based author Simon Veness, their professional relationship
developed into a fully-fledged partnership in every sense, and Susan has also expanded her writing horizons in recent years.
She now contributes to a wide range of sources, from the Internet to magazines, and writes both individually as well as with
husband Simon. Recent credits include online content as an Orlando expert for Attraction Tickets Direct, Orlando Attractions
magazine and (jointly) for RCI Holiday magazine and the Mail on Sunday in the UK. She is also the webmaster of www.venesstravelmedia.com. Together, Susan and Simon’s travels take them widely throughout the USA, plus
the UK, Disneyland Paris and other parts of Europe, the Caribbean and South America. Her ambition is to enjoy her son's teen
years, spend a year just touring Europe and then, possibly, get some sleep. |
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