Lee Mylne is an experienced, creative and professional freelance writer and author who works for many leading newspapers, magazines, websites and publishers. Her latest book, Great Australian Pubs, will be released in February 2012.

After a career in daily newspapers in New Zealand and Australia, Lee became a successful freelance, including time as a medical writer, business writer, higher education writer and feature writer. Editors value her ability to always meet deadlines, and provide clean, fresh copy, and images.

For more than a decade, Lee has specialised in travel writing. A member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) since 1995, she served three terms as the society’s president (2000 to 2003) and in 2006 was honoured with Life Membership for her services to the society. She is also the co-editor of two anthologies of travel writing by ASTW members, Best Foot Forward - 30 Years of Australian Travel Writing and Red Dust & Wanderlust, Tales of Travel in Australia. In 2010, Lee was the joint winner (with her colleague Lee Atkinson) of the Jack Butters Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

Lee is an active member of the journalists' union, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. An accomplished and entertaining public speaker, she is regularly a speaker or panellist at journalism and travel writing seminars and events.

She is also called on to act as a judge or panellist for a number of industry awards including The Australian's Travel & Tourism Awards, HM Magazine's HM Awards for Hotel & Accommodation Excellence and the Australian Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards.

Lee is based in Melbourne. When she’s not travelling or writing, she’s usually planning the next adventure.