Andrew Sanger
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Andrew Sanger is a British
freelance journalist
and travel writer
, known for many popular travel guides to France and the French regions, although he has also authored more than twenty guides to other locations.
Sanger was educated at the Lycée Français in London
, Colchester Royal Grammar School
, University College London
and Sussex University.
Sanger is the author of The Vegetarian Traveller (1987), a guide to the foods and eating habits around Europe
and the Mediterranean, which was one of the first travel guides for vegetarians and was a best-seller in the United Kingdom
; and a commentary on Robert Louis Stevenson
's An Inland Voyage
(1991). His guide Exploring Rural France (1988 and subsequent editions) gave early encouragement to ordinary tourists visiting France to get off the beaten track and discover more about the country. The book gave a rise to a series published by A&C Black (London) urging the same approach to other countries. Sanger also published a memoir or novel online through self-publisher Lulu.com
, Love (2005), describing his life in Berkeley
, California
during the "Summer of Love
" and travels during the hippy era, including the "hippie trail
" to India
. His novel The J-Word (2009), about secular Jewish life, is not on a travel-related theme, and is set in his native north-west London
.
In addition, Sanger has written hundreds of articles, almost all on travel, for British newspapers and other publications. From 1990 to 1999, he was editor of the French Railways (later Rail Europe
) customer magazine Top Rail. In 1994 and 1996 he received Travelex Travel Writers' Awards for articles published in BBC Holiday Magazine and in Rail Europe Magazine.
United Kingdom
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freelance journalist
Journalist
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and travel writer
Travel writing
Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious....
, known for many popular travel guides to France and the French regions, although he has also authored more than twenty guides to other locations.
Sanger was educated at the Lycée Français in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester Royal Grammar School is a grammar school in Colchester, Essex, founded in AD 1206 and granted two Royal Charters by Henry VIII and by Elizabeth I .-Admissions:...
, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
and Sussex University.
Sanger is the author of The Vegetarian Traveller (1987), a guide to the foods and eating habits around Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Mediterranean, which was one of the first travel guides for vegetarians and was a best-seller in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
; and a commentary on Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
's An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is Stevenson's earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature....
(1991). His guide Exploring Rural France (1988 and subsequent editions) gave early encouragement to ordinary tourists visiting France to get off the beaten track and discover more about the country. The book gave a rise to a series published by A&C Black (London) urging the same approach to other countries. Sanger also published a memoir or novel online through self-publisher Lulu.com
Lulu.com
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, Love (2005), describing his life in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
during the "Summer of Love
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a cultural and political rebellion...
" and travels during the hippy era, including the "hippie trail
Hippie trail
The hippie trail is a term used to describe the journeys taken by hippies and others in the 1960s and 1970s from Europe overland to and from southern Asia, mainly India, Pakistan and Nepal...
" to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. His novel The J-Word (2009), about secular Jewish life, is not on a travel-related theme, and is set in his native north-west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
In addition, Sanger has written hundreds of articles, almost all on travel, for British newspapers and other publications. From 1990 to 1999, he was editor of the French Railways (later Rail Europe
Rail Europe
Rail Europe is a specialist in passes and point-to-point tickets for rail travel around Europe. With close links to European rail operators including SNCF, Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, Elipsos, Artésia and Thalys, it is made up of four independently run companies operating in distinct geographical...
) customer magazine Top Rail. In 1994 and 1996 he received Travelex Travel Writers' Awards for articles published in BBC Holiday Magazine and in Rail Europe Magazine.
Selected bibliography
- Driving Guide - Provence & the Cote d'Azur. (4th edn, Thomas Cook, 2011)
- Driving Guide - Loire Valley. (main author, 4th edn, Thomas Cook, 2011)
- Eyewitness Top 10 Dublin. (new edition, co-author; Dorling Kindersley, 2011)
- FootprintFrance Normandy. (1st edition, Footprint Handbooks, 2010)
- The J-Word. Novel published by Snowbooks, 2009. ISBN 978-1905005956
- Michelin Green Guide France. 2008. ISBN 9781906261160 (principal writer, English edition)
- AA Essential Spiral Tenerife. AA, 2007. ISBN 9780749549688
- AA Essential Spiral Lanzarote. AA, 2007. ISBN 9780749549596
- Drive Around Loire Valley. Thomas Cook, 2007, 2009. ISBN 9781841577401 (main author)
- Drive Around Burgundy. Thomas Cook, 2007, 2009. ISBN 9781841577418
- Drive Around Provence. Thomas Cook, 2007, 2009. ISBN 9781841577821
- DK Eyewitness Top 10 Dublin. DK, 2007, 2009. ISBN 9781405317214 (co-author)
- AA Essential Channel Hopping. (AA, UK, 1999, 2001)
- AA Essential Lanzarote & Fuerteventura. (AA, UK, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, relaunched as Essential Spiral 2007)
- AA Essential Tenerife. (AA, UK, 2000, 2001, 2002, 203, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, relaunched as Essential Spiral 2007)
- AA Explorer Israel. (AA, UK, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006)
- AA TwinPack Lanzarote & Fuerteventura. (AA, UK, 2002)
- AA TwinPack Tenerife. (AA, UK, 2002. ISBN 0749534605)
- An Inland Voyage. (Guide by AS added to book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Cockbird Press, UK, 1991. ISBN 1873054025)
- Discover Brussels. (WHS/Thomas Cook, UK, 1999)
- Exploring Rural France. (Helm/A&C Black, UK, 1988, 1990, 1993; Passport, US, 1988, 1990, 1993)
- Exploring Rural Ireland. (Helm/A&C Black, UK, 1989; Passport, US, 1989; Mingus, Netherlands, 1991)
- Eyewitness Top 10 Dublin. (Dorling Kindersley; co-author; UK 2003)
- Fodors Exploring Israel. (Fodor. US. 1996, 1998, 2000)
- God tur til Lanzarote & Fuerteventura. (Norway. 2000. ISBN 8203224326)
- HotSpots Lanzarote. (Thomas Cook, UK, 2006. ISBN 1841575259)
- Israel - US Library of Congress Talking Book. (Book no: 1984 - RC 20605; 1998 - RC 44904)
- Languedoc & Roussillon. (Helm/A&C Black, UK, 1989, 1994, 1997; Passport, US, 1989; 1994, 1997)
- Long Weekends in France. (Penguin, UK, 1992)
- Must See Brussels. (Thomas Cook, UK, 1999)
- Ontdek Landelijk Frankrijk. (Mingus, Netherlands, 1990)
- Ontdek Landelijk Ierland. (Mingus, Netherlands, 1991).
- Rough Guide to France, The. (co-author, 1st ed'n, Rough Guides, UK, 1986)
- Signpost Guide Burgundy and the Rhone Valley. (Thomas Cook, UK, 2000; Globe Pequot, US. 2000)
- Signpost Guide Loire Valley. (Thomas Cook, UK, 2002; Globe Pequot, US. 2002)
- Signpost Guide: Provence & the Cote d'Azur. (Thomas Cook, UK, 2000; Globe Pequot, US. 2000)
- South-West France. (Helm/A&C Black, UK, 1990, 1994; Passport, US, 1990, 1994)
- Vegetarian Guide to Britain & Europe, The. (Simon & Schuster, UK, 1992)
- Vegetarian Traveller, The. (Thorsons, UK, 1987; Grafton, UK, 1991; Mingus, Netherlands, 1992)
- Vegetarier op Reis, De. (Mingus, Netherlands, 1992)
- Villages of Northern France. (Pavilion, UK, 1994)
- Viva Guide Israel. (Viva, Germany. 1996) ISBN 389480615X
- Viva Twin Lanzarote & Fuerteventura. (Viva, Germany. 1999) ISBN 3894802324
External links
- Andrew Sanger's website
- Andrew Sanger's entry on the travel writers' website
- An Inland Voyage with Andrew Sanger's introduction and commentary
- Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting on Fodor's Exploring Israel by Andrew Sanger
- Online interview with Andrew Sanger at Sketch and Travel website
- Snowbooks web page about The J-Word, a novel by Andrew Sanger
- Page of published reviews of The-J-Word