Broughton Coburn is the author of seven books and has worked on conservation and development projects in the Himalaya for 20 of the past 33 years. In 1997, he was awarded the American Alpine Club’s Literary Achievement Award for his body of work. His conservation and development work has encompassed projects for the World Bank, UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. His most recent project, for the American Himalayan Foundation, was to edit "Himalaya," a book of exquisite photographs with essays by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, President Jimmy Carter, Sir Edmund Hillary, Richard Blum and others. Most recently, Broughton has been involved with exploration of several sacred lost cave cities in Upper Mustang, Nepal.