<strong>R.A. Dalkey was born in Cape Town.</strong> After selling hand-written newspapers to classmates in primary school, then winning awards for lucid essays whilst studying journalism at Rhodes University, it was inevitable that he would make a living out of words. Under his real name (Richard Asher) he's been published by <em>GQ</em>,<em> </em><em>Reader’s Digest</em>, <em>The Sunday Times</em>,<em> </em><em>Australian International Traveller</em>,<em> </em><em>Reuters </em>and<em> Sports Illustrated</em>, to name just a few.<br><br>As a <strong>sport and travel journalist</strong>, he's always favoured an <strong>immersive approach</strong>. He's driven outback trucks in Australia and crashed racing cars in Europe. He once conducted a two-year experiment trying to be a professional golfer. Having visited 75+ countries, he's slept rough in Jo'burg, been arrested in Mongolia and mugged in Barcelona.<br><br>After growing up in the euphoria of post-Apartheid South Africa, he lived in the USA, Australia and the UK before <strong>settling in Vienna</strong> in 2016. He relished learning German and now speaks four languages.<br><br>Dalkey also <strong>narrates his own audiobooks</strong>.<br><br>He's on Twitter @mygreenjacket and Instagram @worldsleeper.<br>
