Meet the Author!

Cursed with nomadic urges from an early age, Brian Lewis's first wander took place at the age of eleven, when he decided to bicycle seventy miles to the coast. The trip was successful; but the resultant call to his unaware parents informing them of the news of his adventure and the need for a ride home - gave him his first lesson into the direct relationship between poor planning and dire consequences. He has been making mistakes ever since.

The next mistake, at fifteen, saw him joining the British Army's Royal Engineers. After seven years of marginal soldiering through the U.K., Germany, Greece and numerous corners of Europe, he quit the khaki and joined the civilian ranks.

After a couple of years of jobs in resort management, nightclub work, canal-boat fixing, and various mundane jobs with mundane people; he decided to visit the U.S.A. It was then that his life changed for the better - he fell in love and married (she insisted on that insertion). A few years later they quit their jobs and apartment, then took off backpacking around Europe for a year. After months in a tent no bigger than a two-door fridge, they are still talking.

In between full-time domestic engineer and daddy duties to their two daughters; Brian still explores, but makes less mistakes. He now spends most of his backpacking time in the western United States, with the odd side-trip to Alaska. Only, these days he tells the wife where he's going first.