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Dea Birkett: Writer biog

We are very pleased that Dea Birkett has very kindly agreed to contribute to TaketheFamily on a regular basis, sharing her extensive travelling with kids wisdom. 

In her latest exclusive for Take the Family Dea has agreed to take control of Take the Family's blog , where she will let you in on all her family travel secrets. Jump on board as we kick off right at the start of this enlightening journey, and feel free to share your own thoughts.

Previous articles include Dea's brilliant 'Eating with Kids' series, and features about her travels and tales from around the world with her family.

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Dea Birkett is a distinguished travel writer and broadcaster. Her first travel book, Jella: A Woman At Sea, won the Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for Travel Writer of the Year, and she has written many more best sellers since then, such as Off the Beaten Track: Three Centuries of Women Travellers , and Spinsters Abroad .

Dea had a weekly column in the Guardian for five years, Travelling with Kids, and is Director of ' Kids in Museums ', founded when her two-year old son was thrown out of the Aztec exhibition at the Royal Academy for shouting ‘Monster!’ at a statue of Eagleman. Kids in Museums works with the Guardian on the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award, the biggest museum award in Britain and judged by families. Dea is also Creative Director of Many Rivers Films, making pioneering documentaries for Channel 4, and founded and runs * Travel Writing Workshops , day-long workshops for aspiring travel writers.

Dea lives with her boyfriend and their three children – a teenager and seven-year-old twins. They still keep travelling

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Feature articles by Dea

• Horrible Histories and Family Fun (24 September 2009)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (7 April 2009)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (3 March 2009)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (3 February 2009)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (13 January 2009)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (1 December 2008)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (4 November 2008)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (1 October 2008)
• A Fantastically Foul Feast with Roald (9 September 2008)
• Self catering in Paris (1 August 2008)
• Eurostar (1 July 2008)
• Cruise Ship (1 June 2008)
• A Family break with Madeline (26 May 2008)
• Museums (25 April 2008)
• Dea Birkett's Eating with Kids (1 April 2008)
• A family sized break and menu (14 March 2008)
• A delicious Poland family holiday (7 December 2007)
• A Two centre family holiday in Paris (5 November 2007)
• A Rainy Seaside Family Break to Brighton (1 October 2007)
• A great family journey by steam train (31 August 2007)
• Holidaying at Home - The Athenaeum Hotel (31 July 2007)
• Truly family friendly hotels and mansions (30 June 2007)
• A family self catering hoilday in Mahe (31 May 2007)
• A Summer family break to the Swiss Alps (30 April 2007)
• A Family Holiday in the American South (1 April 2007)