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Anna is a bit of a wild Celt being of Irish, Scottish and Welsh extraction.

During her childhood, she spent many unconventional yet magical school holidays travelling around Eastern Europe and some off the map destinations in a battered old car and on a shoe string with her older sister, Cecilia, and her inspiring teacher mother and aunts Minny and Della. It is these experiences that have led to her life long love of travel and adventure.

After leaving school, Anna studied English Literature and Classics at Leeds University before joining the national charity, Help the Aged, as a graduate trainee. Promoted to senior press officer, she organised many fundraising and gala events involving high profile celebrities and the late Princess Diana, w Anna is a bit of a wild Celt being of Irish, Scottish and Welsh extraction.

During her childhood, she spent many unconventional yet magical school holidays travelling around Eastern Europe and some off the map destinations in a battered old car and on a shoe string with her older sister, Cecilia, and her inspiring teacher mother and aunts Minny and Della. It is these experiences that have led to her life long love of travel and adventure.

After leaving school, Anna studied English Literature and Classics at Leeds University before joining the national charity, Help the Aged, as a graduate trainee. Promoted to senior press officer, she organised many fundraising and gala events involving high profile celebrities and the late Princess Diana, who at that time was the charity’s patron.

Moving to the Guinness Book of World Records she became International PR spokesman and invigilator, working closely with both the late Norris McWhirter, CBE, and TV presenter Roy Castle and travelled the world judging extraordinary records.

Those she most enjoyed adjudicating included the world’s longest conga line with singer Gloria Estefan in Miami; the tallest tower of bread in Indonesia; the festival of record breaking in Korea; the longest train journey which culminated in Hong Kong, and driving around Finland in the world’s longest limo.

After several years of unadulterated fun and madness at Guinness, Anna became marketing director and then a board director for a luxury bathrooms and aromatics company in Mayfair. Some years later she established her own PR and marketing consultancy with international clients in luxury travel, retail, hotels and spas.

After an impromptu meeting with renowned British explorer, Colonel John Blashford-Snell, CBE, Anna accompanied him on an expedition to Nepal, and for 10 years served as a trustee and director of his charity, The Scientific Exploration Society (SES).

She is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and continues – time permitting – to participate in tough scientific expeditions to remote corners of the globe. The most bizarre of these, the subject of BBC2 TV documentary, A Grand Adventure, was when she and the colonel led an expedition to the remote Wai Wai community in Guyana in order to bring them a grand piano for their mud hut church.

She is a keen runner, having completed ten full marathons and 20 half marathons on behalf of her favourite causes. Her most recent international marathon was running in a South African reserve alongside the Big Five beasts. Anna has been a freelance journalist for many years, having written features for the Financial Times, Independent, Sunday Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Express, UltraTravel USA and Tatler among others, as well as several in-flight magazines.

She is the Mallorca destination expert for Telegraph UK and writes for local island newspaper, Majorca Daily Bulletin. Anna lives in Mallorca with her husband, Alan. She has presented her books at the Times Oxford Literary Festival and been guest speaker at numerous events. Her new title, Fallen Butterfly, was published 15, December 2022.
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	A Lizard In My Luggage: Mayfair To Mallorca In One Easy Move (Mallorca 3.67 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof: Mayhem in Mayfair and Mallorca (Mallorca 3.84 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Horn (Isabel Flores Mallorcan Mystery Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns 3.75 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca 4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Donkeys on My Doorstep: Hoofing It in the Mallorcan Hills 3.99 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bull On The Beach: Enjoying The Good Life In Mallorca 4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Peacocks in Paradise (Anna Nicholas Mallorca Travel Series Book 7) 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I hope all is good with you and yours. It’s been a while since I was last in touch but life has been busy as I was in full swing preparing for the launch of my tenth Mallorca-based title.

Fallen Butterfly, the third in my Mallorca mystery series, featuring feisty sleuth, Isabel Flores Montserrat and her pet ferret, Furó, is now published and available on Amazon and at all good booksho Read more of this blog post »

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message 4: by Anna

Jul 30, 2008 01:40AM

Hi Letitia,

Thank you so much for your message. Well the bummer is that aside from bookshops throughout UK and Spain, the book can only be purchased on amazon.co.uk. Actually I think my first book, A lizard in my Luggage, is now available on amazon.com I really appreciate your kind thoughts.

Warmest, Anna

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message 3: by Letitia

Jul 29, 2008 02:02PM

Anna, your book looks spectacular! Since I have lived in both the UK and Spain, I'm sure I would find it interesting. Where is it available in the US?

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message 2: by Anna

Jul 25, 2008 12:00AM

That's really great-appreciate it. I have a book tower of Pisa by my bed so when I'm over the next book promo next week, I must get to grips with it!

Warmest, Anna

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message 1: by Daniel

Jul 24, 2008 12:53PM

Anna, I've added your book A Lizard in My Luggage to my to-read list.

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