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Jill Worrall is an award-winning writer who lives in the South Island of New Zealand. During more than 20 years as a newspaper journalist she won two Qantas Media Awards (New Zealand’s most prestigious print media awards) for feature writing, was twice named NZ Newspaper Travel Writer of the Year and finally NZ Travel Writer of the Year. She has been a finalist in a multitude of other writing awards, including the Commonwealth Press Awards. Her first travel book, A Blonde in the Bazaar, was runner-up best travel book published in New Zealand in 2005 and has all but sold out. She now works as a freelance writer, international tour guide, editor and publicist and is in demand as a public speaker and for her travel writing workshops. Jill's travel writing currently appears on the New Zealand Herald's on-line travel pages (look for her column Escapism with Jill Worrall) and in the Timaru Herald (her fortnightly travel articles can be found on www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/features/. Jill divides her time between her home in Timaru, New Zealand, which she shares with Derek her husband and two cats, and overseas travel. She has two adult children, Rachel and Jono, who also share their mother’s love of travel. Some of her best travel memories are of cruising a French river with Derek, Rachel and Jono; exploring a Moroccan souk with Rachel and watching whirling dervishes in Istanbul with Jono. When overseas, Jill loves camel riding, tea houses and dancing (she’s recently added Tibetan disco dancing to her repertoire). She has a weakness for eggplant, saffron ice cream, Russian vodka toasts and Persian poetry. When she’s at home she misses hearing the call to prayer, bazaars and marriage proposals while out shopping. The only food she misses when travelling is dark chocolate. When at home she writes, gardens, embroiders and tries to avoid too much dark chocolate. She is on the national executive of the newly formed Iran-New Zealand Friendship Association and is a staunch and enthusiastic supporter of Save the Children New Zealand having served on its national board and visited many SCNZ projects overseas. |
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