John Geiger was born in Ithaca, New York, and studied history at the University of Alberta. He is the author of five non-fiction books, and his work has been translated into nine languages. John is the editorial board editor at the Globe and Mail, a senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, an advisory board member of Wings WorldQuest, and a governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.