Tim Moore (writer)
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Tim Moore (born May 18, 1964[1] in Chipping Norton[2]) is a British travel writer and humorist. In addition to his five published travelogues to date, his writings have appeared in various publications including Esquire, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Observer and the Evening Standard. He was also briefly a journalist for the Teletext computer games magazine Digitiser, under the pseudonym Mr Hairs, alongside Mr Biffo (aka comedy and sitcom writer Paul Rose.)
His book Frost On My Moustache is an account of a journey in which the author attempts to emulate Lord Dufferin's fearless spirit and enthusiastic adventuring, but comes to identify far more with Dufferin's permanently miserable butler, Wilson, as portrayed Dufferin's travel book Letters From High Latitudes.
In 2004, Moore presented an ITV programme based on his book Do Not Pass Go, a travelogue of his journey around the locations that appear on a British Monopoly board.
Moore lives in Chiswick, West London with his Icelandic wife Birna Helgadóttir and their three children, Kristján, Lilja and Valdis. He is also a brother-in-law of Agnar Helgason and Asgeir Helgason, and son-in-law of Helgi Valdimarsson.
[edit] Bibliography
- Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer (1999) (ISBN 0-224-07780-5)
- Continental Drifter: Taking the Low Road with the First Grand Tourist (ISBN 0-09-947194-9) (2000) (published in the U.S. as The Grand Tour: The European Adventure of a Continental Drifter) (ISBN 0-312-30047-6)
- French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France (2001) (ISBN 0-09-943382-6)
- Do Not Pass Go: From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair (2002) (ISBN 0-09-943386-9)
- Spanish Steps: Travels With My Donkey (2004) (ISBN 0-09-947194-9) (published in the USA as Travels with My Donkey: One Man and His Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago) (ISBN 0-312-32083-3)
- Nul Points (2006) (ISBN 0-224-07780-5)
[edit] References
- ^ Moore, T., French Revolutions, as above
- ^ AP Watt, Literary Agents: http://www.apwatt.co.uk/media/frame.asp?left=factual_left.asp?writer_id=5&right=factual_full.asp?writer_id=5 accessed 2007-09-06
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