Vybarr Cregan-Reid is an author, academic, award-winning teacher and sometimes broadcaster. He has taught at universities and medical schools. He is currently Professor of Creative Non-Fiction at York St John University, where he runs Creative Writing, Media and Film. Vybarr has written widely about literature, nature and the environment for the BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, the Big Issue, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Washington Post, Literary Review and many others. He has made a number of programmes across the BBC radio network and has appeared on the BBC, ITV, Sky News and numerous outlets across the world.