Yvonne Gordon

Award-winning features and travel writer. Experienced content marketing writer and copy editor. BA in English and MA in journalism.

info Subjects

General

Arts & Culture
Business & Finance
Food & Drink
Lifestyle
Nature & Environment
Travel

notepad Skills

  • Advertorials
  • Blog posts
  • Books
  • Brochures
  • Content marketing
  • Editing
  • Essays
  • Feature writing
  • Ghostwriting
  • News
  • Photography
  • Profiles
  • Q&A
  • Social media
  • Articles
  • Case studies
  • SEO
  • Web copy
  • White papers

notepad Writing Credits

National Geographic, BBC, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, Men’s Journal, Lonely Planet, AFAR.com, Outside, The Guardian, RedBull.com, The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Hemispheres, American Way, Alaska Beyond, FoodRepublic.com, Frommer’s

notepad Book Credits

Author, Frommer’s Ireland 2022 (2022, Frommer’s)

Co-author, Lonely Planet Experiences Ireland (2022, Lonely Planet)

Author: Journey of Change, the story of Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 (Bokforlaget Max Strom, September 2015)

Author: ‘DK Eyewitness Back Roads: Ireland’, (Dorling Kindersley, March 2010)

Contributor and updater: ‘DK Eyewitness Travel Guide, Ireland’ (Dorling Kindersley, 2011 edition and 2012 edition)

Contributor: ‘DK Eyewitness Travel Guide, Dublin’ (2012 edition, Dorling Kindersley)

Contributor and updater, ‘DK Eyewitness Top 10 Dublin Guide’, (2009, Dorling Kindersley)

Co-author, ‘Dublin Explorer: The Complete Resident’s Guide’, (2007, Explorer Publishing)

Contributing editor and author, ‘Dublin Mini Guide’, (2008, Explorer Publishing)

Co-author, ‘West Of Ireland Travel Guide’, (2004 and later editions, Premier Publishing)

star Awards, Honors, Appointments

Travel Extra Travel Journalist Of The Year 2022, Ireland
Travel Extra Travel Journalist Of The Year 2019, Adventure
Best Irish Travel Writer (print), Runner-up, Travel Media Awards 2019
Travel Extra Travel Journalist Of The Year 2016, Overall winner
AITO Travel Writer of the Year 2018, UK: Shortlisted
Travel Photo Of The Year, Winner, Travel Media Awards 2016
Winner: Malta Tourism Authority Press Awards, Newspaper category, 2015

Wild Nephin National Park for BBC Travel

Travel article about Wild Nephin National Park, Ireland

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Fungie the dolphin disappears into the deep

Feature article about a wild dolphin in Ireland

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Trailblazers - hiking in the Caucasus Mountains

Travel feature about hiking in the country of Georgia

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What ancient secrets lie beneath this little-known Irish bog

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