James Michael Dorsey

Explorer, author, lecturer

James Michael Dorsey is an award-winning author, explorer, and lecturer who has spent three decades researching remote tribal cultures in fifty-eight countries. His personal narratives give a small voice to those who otherwise would vanish from the earth with few people ever knowing they existed. His separate passion is working as a cetacean naturalist on whale boats in California and Mexico, a parallel career he has pursued for three decades. These combined journeys have resulted in over 800 published essays and articles and four books.

He is a former contributing editor at Transitions Abroad and has written for United Airlines, The Christian Science Monitor, Lonely Planet, Perceptive Travel, California Literary Review, Colliers, Los Angeles Times, BBC Wildlife, BBC Travel, Geographic Expeditions, Wanderlust, and Natural History, plus several African magazines. His fourth and latest book, “THE LAGOON” is a memoir of his years spent in San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja. He was the SOLAS Grand Prize winner in 2016. His work has appeared in two volumes of “Best Travel Writing,” from Travelers Tales and the Lonely Planet Literary Anthology.

He is a member of the American Cetacean Society, a fellow of the Explorer’s Club, and member emeritus of the Adventurer’s Club.

www.jamesdorsey.com