Brought up in Scotland, Louis is interested in myth, nature and culture. Along with his horse Sasha, he travelled 111 days across Europe, creating the first conclusive horse-trail across the Ligurian Alps in recorded history. His debut book, In Green, follows this journey.

An interest in horses and travel began aged 18 when he went in search of the Tsaatan tribe in Mongolia. On his return he rode the length of the UK on a Highland pony called Irelanda. The solo trip raised £38,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and laid the foundation for The Big Hoof: a Scottish registered outdoor mental health charity that creates long distance journeys with horses. To date, the charity has travelled over 4,500 miles and raised over £90,000 for causes focussed on mental health, wellbeing and child welfare in the UK and Europe.

Since January 2023, Louis has been working for NGO Insulate Ukraine. Driven by this time spent in Ukraine, he is co-directing an essayistic documentary on the meaning of Home, due to be released spring 2026.

He is currently studying Creative Writing at the University of Oxford and, among others, writes for The Guardian, National Geographic and The Scotsman.