Lecturer and freelance writer Fran Sandham is the author of the non-fiction book 'Traversa: A solo walk across Africa' (see www.traversa.co.uk), which was serialised in the Sunday Times.

He has written for many newspapers, magazines and travel publications, including the Sunday Times, NBC News, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Financial Times, inflight magazines for KLM and Gulf Air, Adventure Travel, Traveller magazine, Travel Africa and Country Walking.

Fran has travelled in over fifty countries, and was an editor at Rough Guides for several years.