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		Bill Belew Western Civilization, Origins to Social Networks PhD, Professor of Western Civilization and Writing, Novelist

Coming from:		Sunnyvale, California USA

Bill held a Top Secret Clearance during his years in the US Navy as Intelligence Officer serving at the peak of the Cold War Era. Bill then spent nearly 20 years in the Far East – Japan, China, Russia and India where he taught university, created and grew his own language school throughout Japan and Far East Russia. Bill is fluent in Japanese and converses in Chinese and Russian. Bill paid his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage as a professional blogger while also living within walking distance of the tech titans. He and his 13-yo daughter co-author a popular series for young adults.


		Susan Cohen Destination and General Interest Speaker

Coming from:		Burntisland, Fife UK

Susan is an author and the Creative Director of an award-winning publishing company. She has written over 40 books for adults and children. In the early part of her career, she was an international litigation lawyer living and working in Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines. After going back to University for further study, she changed career path and became an academic and writer. Susan is an experienced cruise ship speaker and tutor and approaches each contract with a combination of seriousness and enthusiasm being well aware that her audience is on holiday.


		Judith Cranswick Crime Writer, History & Destination Speaker

Coming from:		Swindon, Wiltshire UK

Judith has three great passions – history, travel and writing. Her love of ancient civilizations and cultures have taken her throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, China, Indochina, Japan, India, South America, Mexico and Central America. History & travel have inspired her writing. An award-winning novelist, she is the author of two Travel Mystery series and several standalone psychological thrillers. Judith is an experienced destinations and enrichment lecturer and has also run writing workshops for several cruise lines.


		Julie Donofrio History

Coming from:		Stuart, Florida USA

Julie Donofrio is an award-winning author and passionate traveler, who loves to learn about the people and events that make up the history of the places she visits. She is an informative and engaging speaker on a variety of topics including history, destinations and entertainment. She especially enjoys bringing to light the stories about the forgotten women of history. Julie can also lead writing workshops on board and she is happy to develop new lectures to fill in any gaps required by cruise directors.


		Russell Lee History, culture, humor and storytelling Not your average lecturer!

Coming from:		Cupertino, California USA

Russell Lee’s life and career are a celebration of creativity in the art of communications and storytelling. He has experience as an entertainer, educator, lecturer, motivational speaker, cartoonist, musician, songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian. With an eclectic background in research and multimedia presentations, Russell can lecture on a wide range of topics, including cultures and geographies; history and famous historical figures; science and technology; and art and music. He believes in being entertaining as well as educational, and he uses storytelling to create memorable experiences for his audiences.


		Peter Maeck Alaska \| Mexico \| Writing \| Photography \| Poetry MFA/TEDx/Hot 100 Photographers Award/French teacher

Coming from:		Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Peter Maeck is a writer, speaker, teacher, and photographer. His Alaska presentations draw from the work of his grandfather Dr. William S. Cooper whose ecological studies in the Glacier Bay region led to his successful promotion of Glacier Bay National Park. His plays and dance scenarios, including for Pilobolus and MOMIX Dance Theatres, have been produced in New York City, Europe, and Africa. Peter has been a featured speaker at multiple TEDx events and international mental health conferences and has created training and motivational programs for corporations worldwide.


		Dr Kathy Mansfield History \| Politics \| Culture \| Creative Writing

Coming from:		Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire UK

Kathy has worked extensively internationally as a Senior Governance Adviser for the UK government, the UNDP, the Swedish government and other donor in countries across the Caribbean, Africa and in Europe and Mongolia. With this background and her current interests, she is a helpful and informed guide to World Affairs. She worked for 6 years across the Caribbean from the UK Development office in Barbados. In this role she explored and developed her interest in politics, history and culture of this dynamic part of the world. She is an experienced and lively presenter in informal and formal situations and trained herself to be a Bletchley Park tour guide.


		David McCaddon Crime & Mystery Crime Author, History, Famous People

Coming from:		Congleton, Cheshire UK

David is an award winning playwright and a published author of modern Crime thriller novels. Before retiring in 2017 David was a systems consultant who had worked in computing for over 47 years specialising in Police and Prison systems. His work has involved him working in many high profile Police major incident investigations worldwide. He now devotes most of his time as an entertaining enrichment speaker on a range of subjects including crime and famous authors.


		Dr Kristin Owens Literature \| Wine & Spirits Award-winning writer and educator

Coming from:		North Port, Florida USA

Kristin Owens is an award-winning educator and writer living in sticky southwest Florida. She’s a contributor to prestigious magazines such as 5280, Writer’s Digest, and Wine Enthusiast. She holds certifications with the Court of Master Sommeliers and Cicerone and travels the world writing about wonderful wines, beautiful beers, and surprising spirits. Her high-energy presentations encourage others to try new tastes and flavors, educate passengers on all-things-alcohol, and motivate new writers to stick with it.


		Christine Robinson Creative Writing

Coming from:		Easington Colliery, Peterlee, Durham UK

Chrissie is a prize winning poet, spoken word artist and creative writing practitioner based in East Durham, UK. Since graduating from Teesside University with a Masters Degree in Creative Writing she has gone on to inspire and educate people of all ages, encouraging them to write and perform their own words. Writing is her passion and, combining this with her love of travel, in 2015 she took to the seas to run writing workshops on cruise ship. Her workshops are designed to be educational, inspirational, fun, interactive, relevant to the ports of call for each cruise and accessible to writers of all abilities.


		Graham Sclater Creative Writing Author & Screenwriter, Music publisher - Enrichment Speaker

Coming from:		Exeter, Devon UK

Graham studied at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter, where he concentrated on creative writing for the screen and TV. His key interests are teleplays, and screenplays as well as developing and writing original drama series’ for TV including “Pebble on the beach” set on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, “The Other Side of the Tracks” and “Yesterday man” a psychological thriller. He appears regularly on the BBC and other radio stations around the UK and Europe on specialist music programmes. Graham frequently does book readings around the UK and this has now been extended to delivering Creative Writing Courses to guests on cruise ships.


		Alan Wright Travel Writer & Motivational Speaker After Dinner Speaker \| Enrichment & Destinations

Coming from:		Hartlepool, County Durham UK

Alan’s career as a travel writer and professional speaker goes back over thirty years. He was an award-winning BBC broadcaster for over 25 years and is busy these days on training in presentation skills and media for some of the biggest companies in the UK and Middle East. In the 1990's he became Chief Executive of Durham County Cricket Club. He specialises in business and VIP travel to the Middle East about which he gives talks as well as on cricket.