Terry Waite MBE, CBE is a British Quaker, Anglican, humanitarian and author. His first book, Taken on Trust (Hodder 1993, 2016), was written in his head during his imprisonment by Islamic militants in the 1980s. He is also the author of Out of the Silence: Memories, poems, reflections (SPCK, 2016), Solitude: Memories, people, places (SPCK, 2017) and Travels with a Primate (SPCK, 2019). His novel, The Voyage of the Golden Handchake (Silvertail Books, 2015) was described by James Runcie as 'Completely barmy, eccentrically English and thoroughly entertaining’.
