What is Hilary Bradt?
{{infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Hilary Bradt | image = Hilary_Bradt_2006-05-12.jpg | imagesize = 200x307px | alt = Hilary Bradt | caption = Hilary Bradt in 2006 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|07|17|df=y}} | occupation = Author and publisher | language = English | nationality = British | period = 1974 to now | subject = [[Madagascar]], [[Peru]], [[Devon]] | awards = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to the tourist industry and to charity, 2008<br>[[British Guild of Travel Writers|British Guild of Travel Writers']] Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009 | website = {{url|http://www.hilarybradt.com}} }} '''Hilary Bradt''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 17 July 1941) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] writer. He founded ''Bradt Travel Guides'', a publisher of travel guide books, in the mid-[[1970s]]. ==Life== From [[1972]], Bradt spent 18 months in [[South America]] with her husband, and later they set up ''Bradt Travel Guides'' together. Their first book was ''Backpacking along Ancient Ways in Peru and Bolivia''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Backpacking along Ancient Ways in Peru and Bolivia |first1=Hilary |last1=Bradt |first2=George |last2=Bradt |authorlink1=Hilary Bradt |edition=1st |year=1974}}</ref> The award-winning Bradt guides have always covered unusual destinations that do not attract large numbers of tourists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://press.bradtguides.com/awards/ |title=Awards |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |accessdate=5 August 2010 |archive-date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526000255/http://press.bradtguides.com/awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company is based in [[Chalfont St Peter]], England. After running the company for 35 years, Bradt retired in 2007, but she is still chairman. She also still writes about travel, including a guide book to Devon<ref name=SlowDevon>{{cite book |title=Slow Devon & Exmoor |f