Leila Hadley is the author of the award-winning `Give Me the World', which chronicles a journey from Singapore to Naples made with her four year old son aboard a three masted schooner as well as three other travel books. She is the co-founder of Wings Trust, an organisation in support of women explorers. She is a consulting editor of `Tricycle: The Buddhist Review', a member of PEN, the Society of Women Geographers,and the Explorers Club.
