Author: Richard Villar

Richard Villar is a travel writer, and surgeon, who is based in the United Kingdom. He was formerly a member of the British Special Air Service and is the author of several highly-acclaimed books, including Knife Edge: Life as a Special Forces Surgeon and Winged Scalpel: A Surgeon at the Frontline of Disaster. Richard travels widely, lectures extensively, writes wherever he goes, and has worked in more than 40 countries. These have included Kashmir, Java, Haiti, the desert conflict in Libya, the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Central America, and places in between. He has even climbed Mount Everest, though never made the top. He now works extensively in the Middle East, largely on the Lebanon/Syria border but still travels the world like crazy. Richard has appeared on television and radio on many occasions, is an editor in his own right, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, the Evening Standard, Reader”s Digest, The Independent, and many other publications. His first article was published when he was only 13 years old, for the Church of England Newspaper. Richard is also the founder of the widely read, long-form travel blog, Never A Straight Line (neverastraightline.com). He writes about what he sees, as well as what he does, and may already have written about you.