Michael Fewer enjoyed thirty years as an academic and practicing architect, and was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, when he took up writing full-time in 2000. He has written twenty-two books on walking, travel, history and architecture, and his recent nature book for children was a bestseller. He was a consultant contributor to the Encyclopedia of Ireland and has featured in RTÉ television programmes and on RTÉ Radio's 'Sunday Miscellany'.