Stephen Fisher

Born in Singapore, Stephen spent his early childhood on British Forces bases in Germany and his teens in the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. The combination of armored cars behind the school playground and 4,500-year-old burial mounds outside his bedroom window sparked a fascination with history that became his profession.

Living inside a World Heritage Site led Stephen to participate in groundbreaking excavations in and around Stonehenge in 2007 and 2008. Since then, his work has centered on archaeology, history and the stories they tell. Specializing in military history, his projects have included investigations into more than one thousand shipwrecks in the English Channel, including the discovery of two German warships in the middle of a Royal Navy dockyard. Between 2019 and 2021, he served as heritage advisor during the restoration of the world's last surviving landing craft tank that served on D-Day. A recognized expert on Operation Overlord, Stephen's first book about the Normandy landings was published by Penguin in 2024.

Alongside his research into European history, Stephen has also studied Far Eastern history and spent nearly four years living in Japan. He currently splits his time between traveling with National Geographic–Lindblad Expeditions, conducting archaeological surveys in England's national parks and writing books. Whenever he has the chance, he enjoys exploring Europe by bicycle.