SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Scientific Experience
Communicating complex ideas with clarity, accuracy and context
Dr Abigail King
Abigail King trained and practised as a doctor specialising in Intensive Care and Accident and Emergency Medicine in the UK before becoming a full time writer.
She completed her MA (Hons) in Neuroscience at Cambridge University before completing her MBBS (Hons) at Imperial College, London and passing her postgraduate MCEM from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Her clinical background continues to inform her work: a disciplined approach to evidence, comfort with complexity, and the ability to make difficult subjects accessible without oversimplifying them.
Qualifications
MA Neuroscience (Hons)
MB BS (HONS)
MRCEM
Reaching the Public
King is the author of Anatomy Explained, A Guide for Curious Minds by Rosen Publishing. From ancient mummification to nuclear imaging, it highlights remarkable anatomical facts, supported by clear charts and fact boxes that bring historical and biological concepts to life.
She wrote the chapters on Covid and SARS for the updated Pandemics title by Elwin Street Publishing and has written for titles like Athletic Weekly and Cycling Mobility to make scientific research accessible to the public.
An Experienced Speaker and Broadcaster
Abigail King speaks, presents and contributes to live and recorded media on science and healthcare, digital media and sustainable tourism.
Her work translates research-led storytelling into formats designed for public audiences, combining clarity with context and narrative structure.
Her background in journalism, long-form writing and medicine informs a calm, analytical approach to complex subjects. Her years spent broadcasting live for Lonely Planet give her a flexible and entertaining approach to presenting and dealing with audience questions.
Endless Japan with Lonely Planet & the BBC
Award Winning Digital Campaigns
In addition to written work, Abigail produces research-informed digital media, including short-form video and multimedia storytelling. These formats extend complex ideas into accessible visual and audio spaces without losing nuance.
She is the founder of the multi-award-winning Inside the Travel Lab, a multimedia thoughtful approach to travel for the curious traveller, and won a British Travel Media Award for a standalone Digital Campaign.
She was the Head of Digital Content and Strategy at Bradt Publishing, the largest independent travel publisher in the world, leading the team to a Trav Media Award nomination for Best Travel Website.
Testimonials
Abigail King was a speaker in a panel discussion produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with World Monuments Fund.
She was an absolute pleasure to work with, and behaved with complete professionalism and enthusiasm.
Her presentation was extremely interesting and thorough, and the audience was incredibly engaged by her mix of fun travel stories and well thought out ideas around sustainable and ethical tourism.
I would recommend her to anyone seeking an expert speaker and broadcaster on the topics of travel, culture and sustainability.
Abi has worked with Lonely Planet on various projects and assignments. She conducts herself professionally, and is immensely reliable.
Most importantly, the content she produces is top notch.
Whether it is live video content or well written article pieces. Other members of the Lonely Planet Online Editorial & Community team would echo these sentiments.
Beyond all this though, she’s affable and a pleasure to deal which – which is always a big plus!