Amy-Jane Beer

Amy-Jane Beer is a British naturalist, writer and campaigner. Her 2022 book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

Early life and education Beer has a BSc (1993) in biology and a PhD (1997) from Royal Holloway, University of London. Her doctoral thesis title was Postembryonic development and neurobiology of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.

Career Her book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. She writes for The Guardian "Country Diary" column.

She is president of the Friends of the Dales, the society supporting the Yorkshire Dales.

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".

She is an enthusiastic kayaker and supports the campaign for free access to England's rivers.

She has been interviewed by David Oakes for his Trees A Crowd podcast.

Personal life Beer lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her son, and her Border Collie dog.

Selected publications