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Geoff Hill (b. May 21, 1956) is an author, journalist and long-distance motorcycle rider living in Belfast. He is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning feature and travel writer.〔(Geoff Hills epic motorbike journies in the Autumn Edition of Worldrover Travel Magazine )〕 He studied at Queen's University Belfast from 1975–1979,〔 where he was a features editor for ''The Gown'',〔http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2015/news/student-newspaper-celebrates-60-years-with-exhibition/〕 and graduated with a BA in English Language and Literature. Hill was the features editor of the Belfast ''News Letter'' from January 1991 – March 2009. ==Works== His first travel book, ''Way to Go'' (2005), on two motorcycle journeys - from Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield and Route 66 on a Harley Davidson - was published in April 2005,〔("Hill, Geoff: The Road to Gobblers Knob.(Brief article)(Book review)" ). ''Kirkus Reviews'', via Highbeam (subscription required).〕 was the ''Mail on Sundays book of the week, was nominated for UK travel book of the year and has been reprinted six times. The sequel, ''The Road to Gobblers Knob'' (2007), on a ride from Chile to Alaska along the 16,500 miles of the Pan-American Highway, was published in Spring 2007 and became an immediate Waterstone’s best seller. His next book, ''Anyway, Where Was I? Geoff Hill’s alternative A-Z of the world'' (2008), was published in October 2008 and also went straight into Waterstone’s best sellers list. A 2010 work, ''Oz : around Australia on a Triumph'', describes his 15,000 mile motorcycle circumnavigation of Australia with a partner on Highway 1. In 2013 he wrote ''In Clancy's Boots'', the story of Carl Stearns Clancy, who traveled around the world by motorcycle.〔("Globe Girdlers Six" ). ''Riders Digest''.〕〔http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/features/travel/geoff-hill-writes-for-bike-social-〕 Hill recreated Clancy's 1912–1913 circumnavigation of the globe (see ). He has either won or been shortlisted for a UK Travel Writer of the Year award nine times. He is also a former Irish Travel Writer of the Year and a former Mexican Government European Travel Writer of the Year.〔http://www.blackstaffpress.com/authorinfo.aspx?author=59〕 He is the author of ''Smith'', a novel of which ''The Independent on Sunday'' said: "Lyrical and lunatic... few first novels achieve as much",〔 and which ''The Times'' described as "hilarious". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoff Hill (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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