Roly Smith is Editorial Manager for Halsgrove Publishing, a freelance writer, editor and media consultant, and the author of over 50 books on walking and the countryside. He was chairman of the Outdoor Writers' Guild for 11 years before being elected its president in 2001.
Roly took voluntary early retirement in 1997 after 13 years as Head of Information Services with the Peak District National Park to concentrate on his freelance career. He was recently dubbed 'Mr Peak District' in the local press. Previously he enjoyed a 20-year award-winning career in newspaper journalism, latterly with the Birmingham Post and Mail.
Roly acts as media consultant, editor and contributor to a variety of publications. In April 2002, he organised the 70th anniversary celebration of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, and his book on Kinder won the Alan Ball Local History award from the Libraries Association.
In his first collaboration with Rucksack Readers, Roly conceived and edited Call of the Wild to celebrate 25 years of the OWG.
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