James Workman, graduate of Yale and Oxford, became an award-winning journalist in Washington DC, and a natural resources speechwriter to Bruce Babbitt in the Clinton Administration. For seven years in Africa he led investigative research safaris, advised statesmen, businesses, aid agencies and conservation organizations on water scarcity. His experience with Kalahari Bushmen forms the core narrative of Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought."