Richard Grant is a British journalist, author and television presenter living in Mississippi. He is the author of four non-fiction books: American Nomads (2003), God's Middle Finger (2008), Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa (2011), and the New York Times bestseller Dispatches From Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta (2015). He writes articles on a wide range of subjects for magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, The Guardian, and the Telegraph magazine (UK). He is the writer and presenter of American Nomads, a documentary for the BBC based on his first book. His hobbies include hunting, floating down rivers, and drinking.