W. Bisiker was a British travel writer. Public information about him is limited, and the identity and writing for which he can currently be identified centre on travel writing. His representative work is the Icelandic travelogue Across Iceland, which records his journeys and observations across various parts of Iceland. In terms of subject matter, the book belongs to the genre of exotic travelogues that was quite popular in early twentieth-century British travel literature. Writing from a first-hand perspective, the author describes Iceland's natural landscapes, routes and local life in a plain style, with an emphasis on what he saw along the way and on geographical features. Such travelogues served contemporary readers' curiosity and desire for knowledge, and they also offer later scholars of Icelandic travel history and the British travel-writing tradition a useful text for reference. Beyond Across Iceland, no further reliable information is currently available about Bisiker's life, other works or writing activities, and further verification is needed.
