Chris Moss

Chris Moss was born in Lancashire in 1966. He studied theology and English, and taught English literature in Argentina during the 1990s. While working at the Buenos Aires Herald he began filing stories for the Guardian and Telegraph; he has since contributed to many UK newspapers and magazines, on the arts, travel, books, technology, gender and food. He was joint literary and travel editor at Time Out, London, where he also edited and co-wrote a dozen travel guides. He has written a cultural history of Patagonia and a literary compendium for London commuters. He has lived in several towns across the UK and travels to many more writing his column on ‘Where Tourists Seldom Tread’ for the Guardian.

Praise for Chris:

“Passionate and hugely knowledgeable about the region, he is also a wonderful debunker of myths, with a sharp eye, for instance, for the way in which Patagonia’s image as an impossibly remote destination is at odds with its ever more blatant tourism… Where the book is at its brilliant best is in its unfailingly perceptive analysis of those who have interpreted Patagonia, from the 19th-century ornithologist WH Hudson (one of Britain’s greatest nature writers) to the French philosopher Baudrillard.” Michael Jacobs, Daily Telegraph

“A fiercely intelligent book . . . provides a comprehensive history of one of the world's most tenaciously remote areas.” Irish Times