James A. Oliver

James A. Oliver is an international writer, editor, and occasional journalist. He is also the author of "A Footprint in the Sand", an epic political comedy inspired by a special assignment at the end of the Cold War, and "The Anarchist's Arms" - a stage play set in near-future London. In 2006, "The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st Century Frontier" was published worldwide. In 2007, he was invited to Moscow for a symposium on the subject at The Russian Academy of Sciences. The Beringia concept was awarded the Grand Prix at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

From 2007-2009, he lived in Paris on the Ile Saint Louis. In this interlude, he also developed the script for the "The Pamphleteers" (2010), which investigates the birth of journalism with profiles of Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift - and Tom Paine.

"Strait of Gibraltar: antiquity to the 21st century" (work-in-progress) is the second part of the trilogy Where Continents Meet.

James Oliver is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.