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Maria Visconti has lived and carried on with her wordmongering in eight different countries -spanning all continents- teaching Latin American Literature, book reviewing, feature writing, travel writing and broadcasting. A member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers and AFTA finalist for Best Travel Writer of 2009 Award, she never ceases to be amazed by the magic of travel and loves being immersed in another culture armed with nothing but a notebook and a camera: "Being out of my depth is my specialty and I find it exciting. The biggest example of this is the feeling I had when I was dropped in the middle of the Nullarbor from a truck and seeing it disappear in a plume of dust. When I looked around, my companions were fifteen very good looking camels and six people I'd never met before. It was terrifyingly exciting". She went on to cross the Great Victoria desert over 46 days of walking and became an adventure travel junkie and a Himalayas semi-permanent fixture.
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