Career
He has published four books to date, Panther Soup: A European Journey in War and Peace, Theatre Of Fish: Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador and At The Tomb Of The Inflatable Pig: Travels through Paraguay and Wild Coast: Travels on South America"s Untamed Edge. His latest book was published on 2 February 2011. Born in 1963, at the age of 17 Gimlette crossed the former Soviet Union by train, and has now travelled to more than 60 countries.
In addition to his four books, Gimlette has written articles for newspapers and magazines and contributed to British Broadcasting Corporation travel programmes.