Luke Waterson

Raised in the remote Somerset countryside, Luke Waterson quickly became addicted to exploring out-of-the-way places.

Having completed a Creative Writing degree at the University of East Anglia, he shouldered his backpack and vowed to see as much of the world as possible.

Fast-forward a few years and he has travelled the Americas from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, had a close call with a bear in the Carpathian Mountains and developed an obsession for Soviet Architecture and Mayan pyramids in equal measure.

He currently lives in Slovakia's dinky capital, Bratislava, looking out on the Carpathian foothills. Luke specialises in writing on the Amazon and the Andes.