Sara Wheeler

Sara Wheeler is a prize-winning travel writer and biographer. Her books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita, which tells the story of a seven-month journey in Antarctica. The Daily Telegraph reviewer wrote of it, ‘I do not think there will ever be a better book written about the Antarctic.’ Other books include The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle (winner of the Banff Adventure Travel Prize), and Access All Areas: Selected Writings, 1990-2010. Sara contributes to a wide range of publications in the UK and US and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio. Her work been translated into many languages including Mandarin. Sara Wheeler’s biography, “Jan Morris: A Life” is being published by Faber.