Ken Smith has had a lifelong love of the wilderness and exploration. As a young man, he worked as a farmhand and laborer until 1975, when he moved to Yukon, Canada. On his return, Ken took to wandering across the British Isles and settled near Loch Treig, where he built a new home among the wilderness and where he now still lives. The Way of the Hermit is Ken’s first book.
Will Millard is a writer, BBC presenter, public speaker and expedition leader. He is the BAFTA Cymru and Realscreen Awards–winning presenter of My Year with the Tribe and Hunters of the South Seas. His first book, The Old Man and the Sand Eel, follows his wild journey across Britain in pursuit of a fishing record. He has written for numerous national and international magazines and newspapers, including BBC News, Daily Telegraph, Vice, The Guardian, Geographical and Fallon’s Angler.