Gillian 101
Once upon a time, before Google Maps and Wi-Fi passwords, there were the map book and the trusty clipboard. And the person clutching them, usually juggling passports, counting heads, salving a hangover and coaxing everyone back onto the right bus.
That person was me.
In the 1990s, I worked as a tour rep and then a tour manager across Europe, guiding young travellers who were equal parts wide-eyed, weary, and wonderful. Those years were full of laughter, long days, too many shots of sambuca, dancing on tables, unexpected detours, and friendships that lingered long after the coach pulled away.
Today I live in New Zealand, still lead tours, and write travel romance. I’m an adventurer at heart who lives to create, through writing, photography and watercolour art.
Both of my rom com series are inspired by my real tour-manager life across Europe. The What Goes On Tour trilogy follows Shaz, a tour manager from Whakatane, around Europe in 1996, while the Terrific Tours series is a collection of standalone love stories, each set at a different European tour site. Every book is full of heart, humour, chaos, and unexpected love in iconic destinations.
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