A pen and a passport have been the tools of the trade for Niki Sepsas for most of his life. He learned at an early age that he had a problem keeping the seat of his pants attached to the seat of a chair. Any chair. After college at West Point and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Niki served in the army before embarking on a thirty-year travel career that has taken him to more than 120 countries and each of the world’s seven continents.

Niki began fueling his passion for adventure by signing on to work for companies operating offshore oil drilling rigs in the Arctic Ocean of Alaska, Southeast Asia, the North Sea, and the Middle East. Realizing that he was enjoying climbing the hills as much as he relished discovering what lay on the other side, Niki began working as a freelance tour guide and tour manager for travel groups visiting Europe, Africa, Central/ South America, Antarctica, Asia, and throughout North America. His myriad adventure programs now include Mount Kilimanjaro climbs, hot air balloon trips across the Serengeti, kayaking in Antarctica, paddling canoes through the Amazonian rainforest, hiking the Peruvian Andes to the lost city of Machu Picchu, and other excursions to the world’s wild and scenic places.

As a freelance writer, Niki has documented this world of wonders that beckons to each of us. More than 1,000 of his travel adventures have been published in over fifty national, regional, and local magazines and newspapers. He is a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books and has written more than two dozen coffee table books, several personal memoirs, a novel, and a history of Greek immigration to the United Stated and to his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.

Niki is also a much sought after featured speaker aboard cruise ships and for presentations to schools, civic clubs, retirement communities, travel clubs, libraries, literary clubs, and other groups and organizations. His PowerPoint presentations transport his audiences to sites throughout the United States and on each of the world's continents. His sizzling images and focused commentary combine geography, politics, and the remarkable history and rich tapestry of cultures that make up our world.

Niki continues to make his home in Birmingham with his wife, Sherri, and their miniature Schnauzer, Calista. When not on assignment as a speaker onboard cruise ships where he spends about six to eight months each year plying the oceans of the world, Niki can be found enjoying his home, his family and friends, and the neighborhood where Calista walks him regularly.