Tom Sheppard

Tom Sheppard, MBE, ARPS, is a British explorer, pilot and RAF test pilot. He's best-known for the 1975 Sahara west-to-east crossing, using Land Rover 101s. He's also gone on several solo Sahara expeditions, and written extensively and authoritatively on 4x4 driving and expeditions.

He runs his own publishing company, Desert Winds Publishing.