Leon McCarron

About The Author

Leon McCarron is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and explorer from Northern Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Geographical Society of Philadelphia’s Explorer of the Year, and is known for long-distance expeditions and immersive multimedia storytelling. In the past decade he has travelled over 50,000km by human power, and is currently based in Iraq. He has bylines for National Geographic, Noema, New Scientist, Smithsonian, BBC, the Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Telegraph. His first two books were shortlisted for both the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award and the Adventure Travel prize at the Banff Mountain Book competition.

Books by Leon McCarron

Wounded Tigris

A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization

By Leon McCarron
A fascinating journey down the Tigris River—the lifeblood of human civilization—in search of history and hope.
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