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Based alternately in Florida and Michigan (with various
travels in the Americas and Europe), Simon (from the UK) and Susan (from the Midwest) form a unique and highly 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, News of the World, Daily Express, Daily Mail,
The Independent and Sunday Times 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 his own sports blog, as well as the essential Brit Guide websites. 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, sole 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 Sunday Express 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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