Books By Hilary Bradt - Author

Hilary Bradt's career as an occupational therapist ended when potential employers noticed that the time taken off for travel exceeded the periods of employment. In 1963, she hitch-hiked to and around the Middle East. In 1969, she spent six months travelling from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro. With her former husband George, she self-published her first guidebook in 1974, thus founding Bradt Travel Guides. Travels in Africa in 1974-77 resulted in a backpacking guide to Africa, followed by four to South America. By 1980, she was established as a publisher, winning IPG/Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year that decade. For 25 years she combined writing guidebooks and running the company with leading adventure and natural history tours. Her contributions to tourism have resulted in an MBE, four lifetime achievement awards and in her being made an Officer of the National Order of Madagascar among other major awards.