Will Millard

Will Millard is a best-selling writer, ghost-writer, and broadcaster based in South Wales. Will specialises in writing about extraordinary humans and the natural world, for both adults and children. His first book 'The Old Man and the Sand Eel' followed his wild journey in pursuit of a fishing record and his latest, 'The Way of the Hermit', was written with Ken Smith, who has spent four decades alone in the Scottish Highlands. Will has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites, including BBC News, The Daily Telegraph, Vice, The Guardian, Geographical, Fallon’s Angler, and Country File Magazine. He is also a BAFTA Cymru winning BBC presenter, with his international series 'Hunters of the South Seas' and 'My Year with the Tribe

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