Susan Griffith is the author of a number of
acknowledged classics including
Gap Years for Grown-ups, Taking a
Gap Year,
Teaching English Abroad
and Work Your Way
Around the World, which has been personally updated by her over its 13
editions.
Born in
Canada but now based in Cambridge, Susan specialises in writing books and
articles for travellers who want to work and volunteer abroad. As well as being
a contributing editor to the respected US magazine Transitions Abroad since
the early days of its publication, she also contributes occasional articles to
the travel pages of The Independent and The Times.
An
intrepid solo traveller, she has recently – with twin sons in tow – come across
working travellers from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea; Rome to Rio.
After falling into the Arabian Sea at Cochin in
southern India – in front of a yachtsman who had just asked if she would be
interested in crewing her way on a yacht to Dar es Salaam – she decided that
what she does best is to research, write and edit books. Now that her sons are
approaching the end of secondary school, she is all the more convinced that a
spell of independent travel and/or a structured placement in some farflung
corner of the world is a good and necessary thing for people at any age.
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