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Rhonda Carrier: Writer biog

Rhonda Carrier has written and edited travel guides and material for Frommer’s (their ‘With the Kids’ and ‘Take the Family’ series), Time Out, Lonely Planet, Everyman/Gallimard, Cadogan and others, and also translates travel-related material for French companies.  

She also regularly contributes to such publications as Conde Nast Traveller, The Guardian,The Observer and The French Paper on family travel, often as part of 'Ask the Expert' panels, is the family travel expert for the P&O Ferries website, and has discussed family travel issues on Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

Having studied in Paris, worked as an interpreter and English teacher in Hong Kong, and generally ventured far and wide, she is now settled in south Manchester, though she continues to travel frequently with her long-suffering family – horror novelist Conrad Williams and their three sons, Ethan, Ripley and Zac (aged 7, 5, and nearly 2)

Rhonda has also written some award-winning short fiction, published in numerous anthologies, and recently completed her first novel, The Penfriend.

Rhonda's publications include:
Frommers® London with Kids (Frommer's)
Frommers® Brittany with Your Family (Frommer's)
Frommers® Normandy with Your Family (Frommer's Normandy with Your Family).
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Feature articles by Rhonda

• Amsterdam With Young Kids (15 March 2010)
• Sunparks Zandvoort, Netherlands (25 February 2010)
• Family fun in London this Christmas (30 November 2009)
• Fun or Learning, or Both? (28 November 2009)
• Florence with Young Kids (22 October 2009)
• Getting Regal with Maharajas at the V&A Museum (22 October 2009)
• Halloween French-Style (21 October 2009)
• The Chain Game (21 October 2009)
• The Big Draw 2009 (21 October 2009)
• A Mum's Break in London (21 September 2009)
• Roald Dahl Day and Beyond (11 September 2009)
• An Indian Summer and Exciting Autumn at British Themeparks (4 September 2009)
• Gastronomic Adventures in Tuscany (2 September 2009)
• A Checklist of Family Travel Essentials (28 August 2009)
• Winter Sun on a Budget (28 August 2009)
• In the Footsteps of Roald Dahl in the Chilterns (28 August 2009)
• Late Summer Festivals (27 August 2009)
• Mexican Magic at the British Museum (26 August 2009)
• Nature’s Bounty (26 August 2009)
• Home or Away? (23 June 2009)
• A Five-Star Family Break in the South of France (22 June 2009)
• Sun Protection Awareness The Facts (15 May 2009)
• Post baby (14 May 2009)
• Morecambe Bay – A Taste of the Great British Seaside (14 May 2009)
• Babymoons (14 May 2009)
• Eureka Museum (7 April 2009)
• Chill Factore, Manchester (22 March 2009)
• The Clos Lucé, Loire Valley (19 March 2009)
• Newby Hall, Yorkshire (19 March 2009)
• Latitude Festival (19 March 2009)
• The National Space Centre (Leicester) and Spaceport (Wirral) (19 March 2009)
• Disneyland with Young Kids (19 March 2009)
• Mother's Day With or Without the Family (13 March 2009)
• The Year of the Comic Strip, Brussels (6 March 2009)
• Belt tightening family holiday ideas (2 March 2009)
• Darwin 200th Birthday Celebrations (19 February 2009)
• To ski or not to ski (10 February 2009)
• Family Breaks With, Without and For the Kids (4 February 2009)
• La Cucina Caldesi - 'The Italian Cookery School' (5 November 2008)
• Winter Wonderlands (28 October 2008)
• Motor-homing (3 October 2008)
• On a family sized budget (17 September 2008)
• Liverpool City of Culture 2008 (28 July 2008)
• Pitching Up (13 June 2008)
• My favourite family holiday (24 May 2008)
• The 5 best summer music festivals (23 May 2008)
• Forest Parks, Kids Bookshops and Football (11 February 2008)
• Christmas Family Short Breaks (8 November 2007)