Edward Brooke-hitching is the author of The Madman\'s Library, The Sky Atlas, The Golden Atlas The Phantom Atlas and Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling And Other Forgotten Sports , an award-winning documentary director, and writer for the BBC\'s QI.
He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London..
The son of an antiquarian book dealer, he graduated from the University of Exeter with a distinction in filmmaking before entering independent documentary production.
Edward Brooke-hitching is the author of The Madman\'s Library, The Sky Atlas, The Golden Atlas The Phantom Atlas and Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling And Other Forgotten Sports , an award-winning documentary director, and writer for the BBC\'s QI