Amy-Jane Beer is a British naturalist, writer and campaigner. [1] [2] Her 2022 book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.
Beer has a BSc (1993) in biology and a PhD (1997) from Royal Holloway, University of London. [3] Her doctoral thesis title was Postembryonic development and neurobiology of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris. [4]
Her book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. [5] She writes for The Guardian's "Country Diary" column. [6]
She is president of the Friends of the Dales, the society supporting the Yorkshire Dales. [7]
She contributed to the People's Manifesto for Wildlife coordinated by Chris Packham, writing the section for the "Ministry of Social Inclusion and Access to Nature". [8]
She is an enthusiastic kayaker and supports the campaign for free access to England's rivers. [9]
She has been interviewed by David Oakes for his Trees A Crowd podcast. [10]
Beer lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her son, and her Border Collie dog. [11]