Terry Marsh is a well-known outdoor writer. As a leading light in the Outdoor Writers' Guild, he has written extensively on long-distance trails in the UK and about Scotland's national parks. He is the author of over 45 books including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (2003) and the Shropshire Way (1999), plus guidebooks to the Pennine Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.