Amelia Thomas

Amelia Thomas is the author of The Zoo on the Road to Nablus, the true story of the last Palestinian zoo, a Daily Mail and Washington Post Critic’s Choice. She has authored and contributed to over a dozen books for Lonely Planet, and her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Sunday Times, Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Times and CNN Traveler. She was the host of a documentary about Israel and the West Bank in National Geographic Channel’s “Roads Less Travelled” series. Thomas practices equine bodywork for several charitable organizations, and in addition to Cambridge University, she holds a diploma in Equine Psychology. Based in Canada, Amelia is British and has extensively travelled and lived around the world with her family.