Amy-Jane Beer author page

Amy-Jane Beer biography

Dr Amy-Jane Beer is a biologist, naturalist and writer. She graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with a First Class Honours degree in Biology and later completed a PhD. She has worked for more than 20 years as a science writer and editor and has contributed to more than 40 books on natural history. Her books about science and wildlife include Cool Nature and The A-Z of Wildlife Watching, and she has also edited wildlife publications including Animals, Animals, Animals and Wildlife World magazine.

Her later books include Encyclopedia of North American Mammals, published in 2004 with Pat Morris; Animal Fact Files Mammals, published in 2005 with Pat Morris; The Complete Illustrated World Guide to Marine Fish & Sea Creatures, published in 2007 with Pat Morris; and RSPB Spotlight: Sparrows, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife in 2019. In 2022, Bloomsbury Wildlife published The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness, a book that follows springs, streams and rivers across Britain. The Flow won the 2023 James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.