Tessa Wardley is a river-lover and mini-adventurer who has worked and played in waters worldwide from New Zealand to the Arctic Circle. She is a senior policy advisor with the Environment Department and before that, principle in a global environmental consultancy and policy advisor to the Environment Agency. She has written The River Book, The Woodland Book and The Countryside Book, inspirational titles encouraging readers to have adventures outdoors.
She is also author of The Ocean Hero Handbook and Mindful Thoughts for Runners.
Tessa Wardley is an environmental professional and serial mini-adventurer. With an academic background in Marine and Freshwater Biology Tessa has worked for the UK's Environment Agency, in global water environmental consultancy and is currently employed by the UK's Department of the Environment (Defra). When not actively involved in outdoor adventures, working or hanging out with her family, Tessa is writing books inspiring others to engage with the natural world for their health and wellbeing and the wellbeing of our planet. Her books include: The River Book, The Woodland Book, The Countryside Book, and Mindful Thoughts for Runners.