ANDERSON, Sarah 1947-

PERSONAL: Born May 17, 1947, in London, England; daughter of John Murray (a stockbroker) and Gillian Mary (Drummond) Anderson. Education: London School of Oriental and African Studies, London, degree in Chinese, 1977. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Office—Travel Bookshop, 13 Blenheim Cres., London W11 2EE, England. Agent—Clare Alexander, Gillon Aitken Associates, 29 Fernshaw Rd., London SW10 0TG, England. E-mail—sarah@umbrellabooks.com.

CAREER: Travel Bookshop, London, England, founder and owner, 1979—.

WRITINGS:

Anderson's Travel Companion, Scolar Press (Brookfield, VT), 1995.

The Virago Book of Spirituality, Virago (London, England), 1996, published as Heaven's Gate Thinly Veiled, Shambhala (Boulder, CO), 1998.

(With Miranda Davies) Inside Notting Hill, Portobello Publishing (London, England), 2001.

Contributor to periodicals.

SIDELIGHTS: Sarah Anderson told CA: "My first book, Anderson's Travel Companion, is a book of the bookshop I founded. It is a reference book arranged by country and recommending books in every category. I wanted people unable to visit the shop to have an idea of how background reading about places makes travel more interesting.

"The Virago Book of Spirituality incorporates one of my other interests. I love doing books and articles on topics I know little about. It is a wonderful way of increasing knowledge and interest in different fields.

Anderson later added: "Inside Notting Hill was written to show how much more there is to the Notting Hill area than the film."