Bookey Peek
Agent: Isobel Dixon
Assistant: Sian Ellis-Martin
Biography: Award winning travel writer Bookey Peek runs a game ranch in Zimbabwe living with her family among the wildlife and the political wilderness that is Zimbabwe today. Her husband Richard is a much published wildlife photographer.
Her books are exhilarating and intensely moving stories of a wildlife sanctuary in the heart of Zimbabwe's ancient, majestic Matobo Hills.
BEYOND THE WILD WOOD
Wildlife memoir, 350 pages
Little Books/Max Press, 5 September 2011
Taking up the tale of Badge who first appeared in WILD HONEY, this is a tearjerking tale of the almost domesticated honey badger and Bookey's life on the wildlife reserve in the uncertainties of today's Zimbabwe.
WILD HONEY
Wildlife memoir, 352 pages
Little Books/Max Press, 2 March 2009
With a touching mix of humour and pathos, Bookey again picks up the story of Poombi, the warthog who featured in ALL THE WAY HOME, and introduces us to Badge, the utterly charming honey badger who took over her home and family. And she gives us insight into the compromises, heartbreaks and drama that are the ingredients of living in Zimbabwe today.
ALL THE WAY HOME: STORIES FROM AN AFRICAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Wildlife memoir, 342 pages
Little Books/Max Press, 5 February 2007
The unlikely star of this enchanting memoir is Poombi, a female warthog who becomes closely attached to Bookey and her family. Poombi brings up her family while allowing Bookey a privileged insight into the ways of the wild. An honest and moving account of life in Zimbabwe today.