Gavin Francis

Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and doctor, and the author of eleven books of non-fiction that explore aspects of travel, medicine and culture. He qualified in medicine from Edinburgh in 1999, then spent ten years travelling, visiting all seven continents. His books have been translated into 20 languages, and include Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence, Island Dreams, Adventures in Human Being, Empire Antarctica, and most recently The Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health.

He is a Fellow of the UK's Royal Society of Literature, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is a tutor at Edinburgh's Medical School, and practises medicine in Edinburgh and in the Scottish Highlands.

News on other writing, interviews, an up to date events list, and reviews of his work are available on his personal site gavinfrancis .com, as well as on the usual socials.