Dr Don Pinnock is a historian, criminologist, environmental journalist and photographer. He has served as editor of the travel magazine Getaway and is the author or co-author of 18 books, including The Last Elephants. He has won two Mondi Awards and the City Press Non-Fiction Award, and was shortlisted for the European Union Literary Award. Colin Bell landed his first job as a safari guide in Botswana in 1977, after completing an economics degree at Wits University in South Africa. He is a passionate wildlife conservationist and has co-authored two books on wildlife and the environment - Africa's Finest and The Last Elephants.