Sara Wheeleris the author of many books of biography and travel, including AccessAll Areas: Selected Writings 1990–2011 and Travels in a Thin Country:A Journey Through Chile. Terra Incognita: Travelsin Antarctica was an international bestseller that The New York Times described as "gripping, emotional" and "compelling," and The Magnetic North:Notes from the Arctic Circle was chosen as Book of the Year by Michael Palin and Will Self, among others. Wheeler lives in London.