I’m a writer with a knack for getting lost. My first book, Lands of Lost Borders—a travelogue about biking the Silk Road instead of going to Mars—was a bestseller that won several awards for literary nonfiction. I’m currently working on my second book, a memoir about wanderlust gone local. When not slogging it out on ill-advised expeditions (exhibit A, B, C, D), or traveling to UN environmental meetings as part of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team, I live in an off-grid cabin in northernmost British Columbia, with stints in Toronto for my wife’s work.

You can also find me online, fitfully, here and here.

Need help you with your own unmanageable book project? I’m a faculty editor for the Wilderness Writing Residency at the Port Renfrew Writers Retreat and the 2025 Mountain Writers Intensive at the Banff Centre.