Simon Akam
Author @HarperCollins Publishers
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WORK HISTORY
Author @HarperCollins Publishers
Under contract with HarperCollins imprint William Collins in the UK and Grove Atlantic in North America to write \"Snowlines - Uphill Skiing and the Utility of Fear\", a book about ski mountaineering. After a narrow escape in a rock fall and avalanche on a ski mountaineering expedition to Mount Elbrus in 2017, I had to decide if I wanted to keep going to the mountains. My eventual decision was that I did, but I wanted to do it properly, to learn the competencies to operate independently in the high mountains under snow. The book blends memoir, travelogue and history along with an exploration of the life of Swiss explorer, skier and travel writer Ella Maillart.
EDUCATION
University of Oxford
BA, English
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
MSC, Journalism
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ABOUT SIMON AKAM
Author, HarperCollins Publishers
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