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Author, Lonely Planet Pocket Marrakesh (4th & 3rd edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Turkey (15th, 14th & 13th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Discover Turkey (1st edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Egypt (12th & 11th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Discover Egypt (2nd edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Morocco (12th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Cyprus (6th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Cambodia (10th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Vietnam (13th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Europe (9th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Middle East (8th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Africa (14th & 13th edition)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories (7th edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea (1st edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Morocco: Marrakech, Essaouira, Fes, Atlas (1st edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Jordan (2nd edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Lebanon (1st edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Beirut (2nd & 1st edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Syria (1st edition)

Author, Footprint Handbook, Damascus (1st edition)

Co-author, Footprint Handbook, Morocco (6th edition)

 

Articles

Afar - The Afar guide to Jordan

Afar - The Afar guide to Egypt

BBC - Echoes of an ancient land along Turkey's Abraham Path

BBC - A Bedouin's trail through Petra

BBC - Cappadocia's twin-peaked shadow

BBC - Africa's wildlife in the raw

BBC - Choose your own adventure in Turkey

BBC - Travelling the slow route to Petra

BBC - Red sea diving: alternatives to Sharm el-Sheikh

CNN - Jordan: 10 reasons to visit the Middle East's most easygoing country

Colours Magazine - Beirut

DOTW Magazine - The new troglodytes

Explore History Magazine - Cave Churches of Cappadocia

The Telegraph - Beirut: where to stay and what to do

Lifestyle+Travel Magazine - An ancient path of kindness

Lifestyle+Travel Magazine - A glamorous rejuvenation retreat along Turkey's Lycian coast

Lonely Planet - Tracing history across Nicosia's Green Line

Lonely Planet - A day in the life of Djemaa el-Fna

Lonely Planet- Cappadocia from the ground and from the sky

Lonely Planet - How to travel independently around Cyprus

Lonely Planet - How to plan a trek along the Abraham Path

Lonely Planet - A beginner's guide to North Cyprus

Lonely Planet - Strap yourself in: the world's most extreme roads

Lonely Planet - Visiting Halong Bay: tips to plan your trip

Lonely Planet - Beyond Halong Bay: lesser known highlights of Vietnam's northeast

Lonely Planet - In defence of the 'tourist trail'

Lonely Planet - How to choose the best value group tour

Lonely Planet - Island hopping off Cambodia's coast

Lonely Planet - Battambang: Cambodia's lesser-known city

National Geographic - Where the locals go

Oryx Magazine - 24 hours in Cairo

Perceptive Travel - Notes from a revolution

Perceptive Travel - Not the one in the bible

Perceptive Travel - Just a simple strip of cloth

Peregrine Magazine - Turn off, tune out, drop in

Peregrine Magazine - Shaman, swami, sadhu, sham

The Independent - All life and death to be found in a maze of a market in Ethiopia

The Independent - A capital cacophony in Cairo

The Independent - The kindness and spontaneity of Syrian strangers

The Independent - Bewildered on a Bedouin backroad into Petra

Wanderlust Magazine - For a sultry city stroll, go to Beirut

 

Travel Reference Books

Co-author on a variety of travel reference and inspiration titles including Lonely Planet's Food Lover's Guide to the World (author of Middle East chapter); Ultimate Travelist; The Food Book (author of Egypt & Ethiopia chapters); World's Best Street Food; 1000 Ultimate Adventures; Best in Travel 2011 & 2012; and Rough Guides' Make The Most of Your Time on Earth

 

Digital Media

Jess has authored Ethiopia, Tunisia, Istanbul, Ankara, and Fez guides for the award-winning worldtravelguide.net; Egypt and Turkey guides as a destination expert for the Directline Holiday website; Turkey, Morocco and UAE guides for Planetware.com; and contributes on Middle Eastern and North African destinations for Afar.com. From 2015 to 2017 she was the Larnaca expert for EasyJet Traveller Magazine and between 2016 and 2017 also for Marrakesh.