Hello, my name is Leyla Rose.

I’m an award-winning freelance travel writer specialising in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

I specialise in travel and food stories and have written for newspapers such as The Times, The Guardian, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times and The i Paper.

I’ve also written for magazines and publications, amongst others National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Wanderlust Magazine, CNN, Woman & Home, Woman’s Weekly and Adventure.com.

I’m also a Lonely Planet guidebook writer, and wrote the Nusa Tenggara chapter for the Southeast Asia 20 guidebook, and the Lombok, Gili Islands and Nusa Tenggara chapter for the Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara 20 guidebook.

Please feel free to send me an email regarding any of the above. I’d love to work with you!