Natalie Chalk is a journalist and travel writer who has also contributed articles to The Mail on Sunday, Guardian, i newspaper, Daily Express, Sunday Mirror, Women's Health, TNT Magazine, Wanderlust, Daily Star, Touring Bird, Travel Bulletin and others. In 2017, chalkmarks.co.uk was named a Top 10 UK Travel Blogger and in 2018 Natalie won The Sunday Times Big Shot Competition. She has lived in Peru, Nigeria and Portugal and recently returned to London after travelling the world for 14 months, visiting 50 cities.