About Tim Burford Books
Tim Burford was born in England of Anglo-Irish stock, partly from Northern Ireland, with links to Belfast, Lurgan and the Ballycastle area. He studied languages at Oxford University. In 1991, after a brief career as a publisher, he began writing for Bradt, first covering hiking in eastern-central Europe, then backpacking and ecotourism in Latin America, particularly Chile and Argentina. He researched and wrote the Bradt's guidebook to Georgia (now in its seventh edition) and to Uruguay (now in its fourth edition), and has now written ten books for Bradt. He has also updated Bradt guides to Bratislava, Transylvania, and the Azores, among others; writes and updates Rough Guides; and pens articles for newspapers and magazines. When not writing, he leads hiking trips in Europe's mountains.
