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Ed Douglas is an prize-winning writer about mountains, whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tensing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty years and lives in Sheffield.

Books by Ed Douglas

Himalaya

The first major history of the Himalaya – an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world's highest mountains

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Upland

The first ever history of Britain's mountains, capturing their beauty, tragedy and pivotal role in the nation's past and future

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Regions of the Heart

The extraordinary life and tragic death of one of the world's most gifted mountaineers

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