The foundation's flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.
The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur's passion for empowering writers promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre.
An international phenomenon his readership built up over fifty-five years of writing establishing him as one of the most successful and impressive brand authors in the world. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds and has since published over fifty global bestsellers including the Courtney Series the Ballantyne Series the Egyptian Series the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. Book 7 in the series and book 1 in The New Kingdom sequence, The New Kingdom, also available now. Book 3 in the series, Warlock, is available now. Book 2 in the Ancient Egyptian series from the master historical adventure writer, Wilbur Smith. As Royan and Nicholas draw closer to the Pharaoh's tomb, enemies are gathering - people who will stop at nothing to ensure the scroll's promised treasures are kept from Royan's hands. But the men who killed her husband are not yet finished. To do so, she must bury her grief and partner with the eccentric aristocrat Nicholas Quenton-Harper, a man who shares her passion for the ancient world. When the couple are the victims of a vicious attack that leaves Duraid dead, Royan realises that she must continue their joint work: to use the secrets of the seventh scroll to find the hidden tomb of Pharaoh Mamose, and its untold trove of lost Egyptian riches. BOOK 2 IN THE ICONIC ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, BY THE MASTER OF ADVENTURE, WILBUR SMITH 'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror AN ANCIENT SCROLL A 4,000 YEAR OLD LEGACY A BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH It is 4,000 years since the battle for the Egyptian Kingdom, and Duraid and Royan al Simma have just uncovered the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Queen, Lostris, alongside the secret scrolls of the most trusted servant of the Pharaoh, Taita.
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