Stephen Lioy : U. Eastern Tibet, Chengdu. Stephen is a photographer, writer, hiker, and travel blogger based in Central Asia. A "once in a lifetime" Eurotrip and post-university move to China set the stage for what would eventually become a semi-nomadic lifestyle based on sharing his experiences with would-be travellers and helping provide that initial push out of comfort zones and into all that the planet has to offer.
Megan Eaves : Tsang. Xining. Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Megan is Lonely Planet's North Asia Destination Editor and her writing has appeared in Lonely Planet's guidebooks to China and South Korea. Having lived everywhere from her home state of New Mexico to eastern China and Prague, she's now based in Lonely Planet's London office, where she's the resident beer nerd and dumpling addict. If lost, she is likely to be found stargazing in a desert somewhere.
Bradley Mayhew : Lhasa. Ngari. Tibetan Treks, Kathmandu. Bradley has been writing guidebooks for 20 years now. He started travelling while studying Chinese at Oxford University, and has since focused his expertise on China, Tibet, the Himalayas and Central Asia. He is the co-author of Lonely Planet guides to Tibet, Nepal, Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Bhutan, Central Asia and many others. Bradley has also fronted two TV series for Arte and SWR, one retracing the route of Marco Polo via Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and China, and the other trekking Europe's ten most scenic long-distance trails.
Bradley also wrote the Plan, Understand and Survival Guide chapters.
