Experts by Specialty: Author
Peter Hillary
When Peter Hillary first climbed Mount Everest in 1990, he and his father, Sir Edmund Hillary—who made the first ascent in 1953—became the first father and son to reach the summit. He reached the summit again in 2002 on a National Geographic-sponsored ascent later featured in the film Surviving Everest... More »
Aziz Abu Sarah
Named a 2011 National Geographic Emerging Explorer for his groundbreaking work as a cultural educator, Aziz Abu Sarah has dedicated his life to bringing Israelis and Palestinians together to find common ground, build mutual understanding, and forge lasting relationships. He has spoken in hundreds of churches, synagogues, and mosques, before both the European Parliament and the United Nations, and at many universities on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace, reconciliation, and interfaith dialogue... More »
Christopher Baker
Travel writer and photographer Christopher P. Baker—the Lowell Thomas Award 2008 ‘Travel Journalist of the Year’—is one of the world's foremost authorities on travel and tourism to Cuba and Costa Rica... More »
Kike Calvo
Award-winning photographer, journalist, and author Kike Calvo was born in Spain, has traveled in more than 85 countries, and transformed his his fascination with Latin America into a career focus. He is a guest lecturer for the Leica Akademie and a freelancer for the New York Times... More »
Doug Chadwick
With a master's degree in wildlife biology, Doug Chadwick studied mountain goats among the peaks of the Rockies for seven years. He also carried out surveys of grizzly bears and of the harlequin ducks that breed along the Rockies' fast-moving rivers and streams... More »
Wade Davis
An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, Wade Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D... More »
David Doubilet
Acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet estimates he has spent nearly half his life in the sea since taking his first underwater photograph at the age of 12 with a Brownie Hawkeye camera sealed in a bag. Exploring the world's waters, David has photographed in the depths of such places as the southwest Pacific, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania, Scotland, the northwest Atlantic, and Antarctica... More »
Fiona Dunlop
Travel writer Fiona Dunlop has explored northern Spain extensively, writing numerous articles about its culture and gastronomy. She is the author of the National Geographic Traveler guidebooks for Spain and Portugal as well as Spain Chic and the critically acclaimed book New Tapas, which explores Spain’s evolving food culture... More »
Sari Gilbert
A native New Yorker, Sari Gilbert wrote her Ph.D thesis on Italian foreign policy and has lived and worked in Italy since then... More »
Kim Heacox
Award-winning writer, photographer, and conservationist Kim Heacox has lived in Alaska for 25 years. He has written four books for National Geographic, most recently An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks... More »
Tim Jepson
Writer Tim Jepson is a passionate and lifelong devotee of Italy. Since graduating from Oxford he has spent many years living in and writing about the country> He has authored 15 books, two articles for National Geographic Traveler, and five National Geographic guidebooks to Italy's cities and regions... More »
Edward J. Larson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson explored Antarctica extensively for his latest book, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science. He has held the Fulbright Program's John Adams Chair in American Studies and participated in the National Science Foundation's Antarctica Artists and Writers Program... More »
Tom Miller
Tom Miller has been writing about Latin America and the American Southwest for more than thirty years. He has chronicled his journeys through Cuba in the acclaimed book Trading With the Enemy and collected writings by others in the volume Travelers’ Tales Cuba... More »
Elizabeth Newhouse
Elizabeth Newhouse is a consultant on Cuba associated with the Center for International Policy’s Cuba Project in Washington, D.C... More »
Barbara Noe
An editor and author of National Geographic Traveler guide books for more than 18 years, Barbara Noe first visited France as a student of international relations and French at the University of Bordeaux, instilling a lifelong love for this beautiful, rich land. The author of National Geographic Traveler: Provence & the Côte d’Azur, Barbara has published her work in many other National Geographic publications, as well as in the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Boston Globe, and the London Telegraph... More »
Jeremy Schmidt
Few people know Yellowstone country better than wildlife biologist Jeremy Schmidt. Jeremy has spent more than 30 years in the area, working as a winter keeper, park ranger, naturalist, photographer, and author... More »
Christopher Sloan
Christopher Sloan is an award-winning author and art director who specializes in bringing non-visual scientific research to life for diverse audiences. Christopher worked with National Geographic magazine from 1992 to 2010 as Art Director, Senior Editor, and Director of Mission Projects... More »
Simon Winchester
Best-selling author of Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, and The Fracture Zone, Simon Winchester studied geology at Oxford. He has written about the Amur River for National Geographic magazine, the South Pacific for a National Geographic book, and a voyage on a Russian tramp steamer from Antarctica to England for National Geographic Adventure... More »
