Agnus Bell is a 27-year-old, whisky-swilling Scotsman with a first-class degree in English, Flying Saucers and Space Studies. He has visited 40 countries, and has written for the South African Sunday Times, Inside Sport in Australia, the US Student Traveller, Cricinfo in India and The Wisden Cricketer in the UK. Originally self-published to great acclaim in 2006, Batting on the Bosphorus is Angus Bell's first book.