Richard Grant
“At the same time I grew increasingly dissatisfied and irritable with what we are prone to call normal life. Except for wine, music, and books, I disliked shopping. Television grated on my nerves, the commercials in particular, so I got rid of the television. I found it harder and harder to rouse any interest in sports, celebrities, electronic gadgets, the chatter of the culture, the latest this or that. Nor did I have any desire to own a house, or get rich, or start a family. I wanted to keep traveling and see the world, live an eventful, unpredictable life with as much personal freedom as possible, and have a few adventures along the way.”
- Richard Grant, God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
About Richard Grant
Richard Grant is a freelance British travel writer, with frequent publications in Men's Journal, New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, the Telegraph UK, and Al Jazeera US, among others. He grew up in Malaysia and London but has lived in the United States for a while, and he and his wife Mariah now live in Mississippi. Much of his work revolves around the impulse to wander. His adventurous spirit and keen observational skills have made him a respected voice in travel literature. Grant's writing often explores the fringes of society and the unconventional lives of those he encounters on his journeys.
His first book, American Nomads, explores the lives of those who choose to live on the road. His next book, God's Middle Finger, hilariously recounts his travels through a dangerous and lawless part of northwestern Mexico. His third book, Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa covers an attempt at the first descent of a river in Tanzania. And his fourth book, Dispatches from Pluto, takes him back to his spur of the moment decision to move to Pluto, Mississippi. Grant has recently extended his career to television, writing the script for a BBC documentary based on American Nomads. He also consulted for an award-winning documentary called Omo Child: The River and Bush about ending infanticide in Ethiopia.
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