Brandon Wilson

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Brandon Wilson (born October 1953) is known as an author of non-fiction travel narratives.

[edit] Publications

Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith; Pilgrim's Tales (2005), 2nd edition, hardcover ISBN 0-9770536-7-9, trade paperback ISBN 0-9770536-6-0, 280 pages with expedition photos and maps (originally published in 2004 as ISBN 1-933037-23-7/1933037245).

This is a nonfiction narrative of the author travels with his wife Cheryl on a 1000-kilometer journey on foot across Tibet, becoming the first Western couple to make this journey. What begins as an adventure turns into observations of Tibetan culture. The couple also discover a sense of greater purpose and renewed faith.

Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa; Pilgrim's Tales, (2005), hardcover ISBN 0-9770536-5-2, trade paperback ISBN 0-9770536-4-4, travel narrative/non-fiction, 280 pages with expedition photos and map.

This is also a nonfiction narrative of the author and wife's seven-month, 10,000+ mile trans-Africa overland journey from Morocco to Cape Town. They join a do-it-yourself overland safari with bizarre companions and incompetent guides. After watching their dream slowly turn into a nightmare, they then set off across Africa alone.

[edit] Biography

Born in Pennsylvania, USA, Wilson is the eldest of 3 children.

Having traveled in over ninety countries, he is an advocate of self-discovery through long-distance hiking—traveling “one-step-at-a-time.” By slowing down, he believes, “We absorb the hidden ‘magic’ in the world. We travel outside—while traveling within.”

By 2004, Wilson had trekked three other major pilgrimage trails: the Camino de Santiago twice across Spain (1999, 2005); the ninth century, 1150-mile Via Francigena from England to Rome (he is the first American to complete this route, per the Association Via Francigena (Rome) (2000, 2002), and the 400-mile St. Olav’s Way across Norway (2004). On September 29, 2006 he completed a 2700-mile (4350-km) pilgrimage trek for peace from Dijon, France to Jerusalem following a traditional pilgrimage route.

Wilson has won a literary award from the University of Pittsburgh, an international IPPY Award from Independent Publisher (2005), and his photographs have won awards from National Geographic Traveler and Islands magazines. He is a member of The Explorers Club, Artists Without Frontiers and activist for peace and human rights. He currently lives on the island of Maui in Hawaii.