Vic James
Vic James lives in London's Notting Hill and leads an adventurous life.
She studied History and English at Merton College, Oxford, completed her doctorate in the Vatican Secret Archives in Rome, and spent five years in Tokyo working as a journalist while learning Japanese.
She now writes full-time and directs BBC documentaries.
Her adventures include scuba-diving at Easter Island, camping at Everest Base Camp, hang-gliding over Rio de Janeiro, and swimming the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.
Despite her active lifestyle, she particularly enjoys relaxing in bed with books and her favorite biscuits.
