Levison Wood is an award-winning author, explorer and photographer who
specialises in documenting people and cultures in remote regions and
post-conflict zones. His work has taken him around the world leading
expeditions on five continents and he is an elected fellow of both the
Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club.
Levison's
second book, Walking the Himalayas, was voted Adventure Travel Book of
the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards and his other
books, Walking the Nile and Walking the Americas, were both Sunday Times
bestsellers. He has presented several critically acclaimed
documentaries including From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier
where he re-traced part of his Silk Road adventures in a four-part
series for Channel 4.