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Gabrielle Yetter

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November 09

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Gabrielle Yetter is a former journalist and freelance writer.

Raised in Bahrain and South Africa, she lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years before moving to Cambodia with her husband, Skip, in 2010. While living in Phnom Penh, she wrote The Definitive Guide to Living in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, and The Sweet Tastes of Cambodia (about traditional desserts).

With Skip, she co-wrote Just Go! Leave the Treadmill for a World of Adventure (published in June 2015), based on the couple's experiences of stepping off the proverbial treadmill as well as the stories of dozens of others who changed their lives.

In May, 2016, she published her first children's book. Ogden, The Fish Who Couldn't Swim Straight and in May 2017 published Martha The Blue She
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First of all, would you tell my blog readers a little about yourself?

I was born in India to an English mother and a Maltese father and grew up in the Persian Gulf. I spent the first 16 years of my life in Bahrain, then I finished my schooling and became a journalist in South Africa. When I was 22, I travelled to the US with another journalist friend and I ended up staying more than 20 years. At fi Read more of this blog post »
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