Peter Swirski

At various points in his life, Peter Swirski smuggled silver across the Iron Curtain, competed as a kickboxer, trained with police officers, panelled on the BBC to audiences worldwide, and lectured on all continents of the world except Africa. Author of 19 bestselling nonfictions, praised by the likes of Nelson DeMille, David Attenborough, Jaakko Hintikka, E. O. Wilson, Howard Zinn, and others, he's been translated into ten languages and, since 2010, featured in the Canadian Who's Who.