William Frej is an award-winning photographer who served as a career diplomat with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), living and working in Indonesia, Poland, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan. His photographic work is represented in numerous public and private collections throughout the world and has been featured in a number of exhibitions at galleries and museums. Frej is the author of five award-winning books: Unforgotten: Ancient Cities from a Distant Past (2025); Blurred Boundaries: Perspectives on Rock Art of the Greater Southwest (2023); Travels across the Roof of the World: A Himalayan Memoir (2022); Seasons of Ceremonies: Rites and Rituals in Guatemala and Mexico (2021); and Maya Ruins Revisited: In the Footsteps of Teobert Maler (2020). The Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition awarded a Silver Medal to Travels across the Roof of the World in 2023.