Practical guidebooks for the more adventurous traveller.
 — The Herald

Our Authors

Trailblazer's authors are one reason for the popularity of the series. Fiercely independent, opinionated, educated and off to see the world with a journalistic chip on their shoulders, the following authors contribute to the Trailblazer line.

 


David Abram

Author of Corsica Trekking GR20


 
Ben Hoffler

Author of Sinai - The Trekking Guide


 
Robin Boustead

Author of Nepal Trekking and the Great Himalaya Trail


 

Oliver Breda

Author of Madeira Walks - 37 selected walks


 
Keith Carter

Author of Offa's Dyke Path: Chepstowto Prestatyn & Prestatyn to Chepstow


 
John Curtin

Author of North Downs Way: Farnham to Dover


 

Melissa Graham

Author of Trans-Canada Rail Guide


 
Stuart Greig

Author of Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm


 
Tricia & Bob Hayne

Author of Cotswold Way: Chipping Campden to Bath


 

Nick Hill

Author of The Ridgeway: Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon


 
Anna Kaminski

Author of Trans-Siberian Handbook


 
Charlie Loram

Author of West Highland Way: Milngavie to Fort William


 

Stephen Lord

Author of Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook


 
Deborah Manley

Author of The Trans-Siberian Railway: a traveller's anthology / The Walker's Anthology / The Railway Anthology


 
Jim Manthorpe

Author of South Downs Way: Winchester to Eastbourne / Scottish Highlands Hillwalking guide / Tour du Mont Blanc / Great Glen Way: Fort William to Inverness / Pembrokeshire Coast Path


 

Daniel McCrohan

Author of Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Coast to Coast Path: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay / Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness-o­n-Solway / South Downs Way: Winchester to Eastbourne / Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3) / Pembrokeshire Coast Path


 
Jamie McGuinness

Author of Trekking in the Everest Region


 
Joel Newton

Author of Thames Path: Thames Head to the Thames Barrier / Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Offa's Dyke Path: Chepstowto Prestatyn & Prestatyn to Chepstow / South-West Coast Path Books 1-3 / Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 1) / Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3)


 

Alan Palmer

Author of Moroccan Atlas - the Trekking Guide


 
Neil & Harriet Pike

Author of Peru's Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash - The Hiking & Biking Guide / Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook


 
Edith Schofield

Author of Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2)


 

Chris Scott

Author of Sahara Overland / Morocco Overland / Adventure Motorcycling Handbook / Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm / Sahara Abenteuer­handbuch / Overlanders' Handbook


 
Nicky Slade

Author of The Cyclist's Anthology


 
Henry Stedman

Author of Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm / Thames Path: Thames Head to the Thames Barrier / Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Kilimanjaro - The trekking guide to Africa's highest mountain / Coast to Coast Path: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay / Hadrian's Wall Path: Wallsend to Bowness-o­n-Solway / The Ridgeway: Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon / Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness-o­n-Windermere / South-West Coast Path Books 1-3 / The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu / Cotswold Way: Chipping Campden to Bath / North Downs Way: Farnham to Dover / Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 1) / Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3) / Coast to Coast TRACKLOG / Cleveland Way


 

Alexander Stewart

Author of New Zealand - The Great Walks / The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu / Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path / Norfolk Coast Path & Peddars Way


 
Colin Taylor

Author of Australia by Rail


 
Bryn Thomas

Author of Trans-Siberian Handbook / The Walker's Anthology - Further Tales


 

Anna Udagawa

Author of Japan by Rail


 
Paul Wilson

Author of The Silk Roads


 
Ramsey Zarifeh

Author of Japan by Rail