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Andy Symington
Hailing from Australia, Andy has led the life of a vagabond, prowling the globe and its dark corners in a shiftless search for the unspeakable. After studying archaeology and psychology, he worked in the navigation busines and, for some time, in community theatre before long travels eventually saw him wind up in Edinburgh, selling whisky to the Scots.
Andy first became involved in writing when someone cannily contracted him to contribute to a pub guide, and his formidable research on that title broke a man but launched a career. He has since worked on Lonely Planet guidebooks to Britain, Finland, and Bolivia, and has been involved in several other LP projects. He is the author of several books on Spain, and has published articles on subjects as diverse as wine, rocket launches and cockfights in a variety of newspapers and magazines. He has travelled widely in South America, Europe, and Africa and heads off with a backpack at the slightest provocation.
Andy moved to Northern Spain several years ago and lives in a place where the climate is described as 'nine months of winter, three months of hell'. Still, it's one of his favourite parts of the world, along with Finland, Colombia, and Scotland. If he isn't grazing tapas, walking in the nearby mountains or watching the tragically poor local football side, he can probably be spotted trying to teach his local friends cricket.
