James A. Oliver is an international writer, editor, and occasional
journalist. He is also the author of A
Footprint in the Sand, an epic political
comedy inspired by a special assignment at the end
of the Cold War, and The Anarchist’s Arms - a stage play set in near-future London.
In 2006, The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st Century Frontier was published worldwide. In 2007, he was invited
to Moscow to discuss the subject at The Russian
Academy of Sciences.
He is also the author of The Pamphleteers,
which investigates the birth of journalism with profiles of, among others, Robert
Greene, Thomas Nashe, Daniel Defoe and Tom Paine.
The Strait
of Gibraltar Crossing is the second part of
the trilogy Where Continents Meet.
James Oliver is presently living in Paris while working on a pan-European research project.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
