Fraser MacDonald is the author of Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket which was published in the UK and US in 2019.
Fraser is a lecturer in Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh and writes for publications including The London Review of Books, the Guardian, Aeon, The Herald, The Age and Archipelago.
He is currently working on a new book, The Book of Compost: A Manual for Consolation and Repair, to be published in 2028.