Oliver Smith is a London-based travel writer, writing for The Times, Financial Times and Outside Magazine among others. He was formerly staff writer on Lonely Planet magazine, and has won numerous awards including AITO Travel Writer of the Year, Consumer Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards and Gold at the Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers. His first nonfiction book The Atlas of Abandoned Places: A Journey Through the World’s Forgotten Wonders will be published by Octopus in Spring 2022.
