Andrew Eames

Writers bio:
Andrew Eames started in journalism in Southeast Asia as a contributor to the Straits Times. In the UK, he edited magazines Frontier and Business Traveller and was Executive Editor of guidebook publisher Insight Guides before going freelance. He writes regularly for travel sections of the Times, Evening Standard, Daily Express, and for magazines such as High Life and Sunday Times Travel. He also contributes non-travel human-interest features to several publications.

His latest book, The 8.55 to Baghdad (Transworld/Corgi) was serialised on BBC Radio Four and won the Guild of Travel Writers award for Narrative Travel Book of 2004. Previous books are Crossing the Shadow Line and Four Scottish Journeys. Television work includes consultancy for BBC's Great Railway Journeys and script writing for On the Horizon.

Eames is married, has two very well-travelled children and lives in London.