Lisa Gerard-Sharp

Introduction

Lisa Gerard-Sharp is an award-winning travel writer, editor, author and speaker who also covers culture, cruising, the arts and lifestyle. As a dual British-Italian citizen based in London and on the French-Italian Riviera, she is especially attached to Italy and France, where she is mostly based.

Lisa is a storyteller who delivers in-depth travel writing, cultural talks and interviews.

Experience

Formerly London Correspondent to Italian Vogue, Lisa is a Londoner who has lived in Paris, Brussels, Rome, Florence, Siena and the French-Italian Riviera, her current writing base. It's an eclectic, award-winning range, spanning travel, heritage, fashion, food and wine, literature and the arts. She's as happy infiltrating the Sicilian Mafia as truffling with hounds in Piedmont.

Lisa is also a keen interviewer, hotel/restaurant reviewer and cruise journalist worldwide, who loves quirky cruises and tall ships. That's in addition to speaking at events or travel shows, including the France Show in London or luxury lifestyle shows in Cannes.

Selected publications

Contributor to outlets ranging from Time Out to The Telegraph, The Guardian to National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust Magazine to World of Cruising, along with work for Lonely Planet, Italia Magazine, CNN and the BBC.

Sole author or contributor to books on heritage, language and education, along with in-depth guides to Italian and French regions, culinary trails, cultural walks and Mediterranean cruises for publishers ranging from Insight Guides to National Geographic and Dorling Kindersley.

Education

As a linguist, former teacher and academic writer, Lisa first trained in education, including roles as a language lecturer in Florence and director of studies of management training institutes in Brussels and Paris. Lisa is also a longstanding member of the British Guild of Travel Writers.

Awards

Lisa has won numerous journalism awards, including Best Travel Writer on Italy, awarded by the Italian Tourist Board, and Best Destination Feature, plus Best Transport Writer, for her work on cruising, from the British Guild of Travel Writers. She has won similar awards for her guidebooks on Italy and France and been acclaimed as a travel blogger by National Geographic Traveller.