 A bestselling novelist, environmental activist, advisor to U.S. and foreign governments, international energy expert, war and human rights correspondent and award-winning poet, he has lived and worked in many remote, dangerous parts of the world, including 30 countries on six continents.He was a correspondent for "The Financial Times" newsletters in Paris from 1990 to 1998, and has reported for many newspapers including "The Dallas Morning News" (12/26/1983), "The San Francisco Chronicle" (4/26/1999), "The Denver Post" (9/13/2001), and "The Oregonian" (12/08/1983.He was also the co-anchor of the PBS news program "European Journal" in 1987, produced by Deutsche Welle in Cologne, Germany.