Poland (Broché)

Prague-based journalist and free- lance writer Mark Baker first visited Poland as a student in the mid-1980s while the country was still part of the Eastern bloc and has returned many times over the years. He has worked as a writer and editor for the Economist Group. Bloomberg News and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. In addition to contributing to the Lonely Planet guide to Poland and writing Lonely Planet's pocket guide to Krakow, he's the author of Lonely Planet guides to Prague & the Czech Republic, Romania & Bulgaria, Slovenia and the Baltic countries.
Marc has been criss-crossing the post-Communist world for the past quarter of a century, the last decade as a full-time travel writer. The author of several guides to Poland, the country's north is one of his favourite corners of Eastern Europe. When not stalking Copernicus across the white sand of the Baltic, packing on pounds with cheesecake and Polish pizza and attempting to ask for railway tickets to Szczecin, Marc lives between Kent and West Bohemia with his wife, Tanya, and two sons.
Tim Richards taught English in Krakow in the 1990s, and was fascinated by Poland's post-communist transition. He's returned repeatedly for Lonely Planet, deepening his relationship with this beautiful, complex country. In 2011 Tim released a Kindle ebook collecting his media articles about Poland, We Have Here the Homicide. When not on the road for Lonely Planet, Tim is a Freelance journalist in Melbourne, Australia, writing about travel and the arts.