After studying linguistics at University College London and at the University of Cambridge, Daniel Austin (danielaustin.co.uk) became a travel writer, editor and tour leader. Across two decades, he has published a number of travel and wildlife books with Bradt (e.g. Madagascar, Madagascar Wildlife and The Travel Quiz Book), both as an author and updater. He has also edited and project-managed other Bradt books, including editing the centenary edition of the legendary South American Handbook, and has lectured at the Royal Geographical Society and the University of Oxford. He is well known as a Madagascar specialist – a fascination that stretches back to his childhood passion for nature – visiting the country for several months each year to lead group tours, guide on small-ship expedition cruises, conduct research and photograph the unique wildlife. He is Secretary of the Anglo-Malagasy Society and founder of the Madagascar Library.