Hello, my name is Leyla Rose.

I’m an award-winning freelance writer and trained journalist. I'm based between the UK and Lombok, Indonesia, and am native in both English and Indonesian.

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

I’ve written for magazines and publications such as Conde Nast Traveller, Wanderlust Magazine, CNN, Woman & Home, Adventure.com, etc.

I also wrote the Nusa Tenggara chapter for Lonely Planet’s Southeast Asia 20 guidebook.

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