• Country: Canada
  • Born On: Sep 4, 2020
Marq de Villers and Sheila Hirtle are co-authors of Sahara: The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert and several other books on exploration, history, politics, and travel. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource by Marq de Villiers won the prestigious Governor General's Award in Canada. De Villiers and Hirtle live in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.