Amy-Jane Beer

Beer has a BSc (1993) in biology and a PhD (1997) from Royal Holloway, University of London.{{cite web |title=Dr Amy-Jane Beer |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amy-jane-beer-77b55639/ |website=LinkedIn |access-date=18 September 2023}} Her doctoral thesis title was Postembryonic development and neurobiology of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.{{cite web |title=Catalogue record for thesis |url=https://librarysearch.royalholloway.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990002600720402671&context=L&vid=44ROY_INST:44ROY_VU2&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,amy-jane%20beer&offset=0|publisher=Royal Holloway University of London |access-date=18 September 2023}}

Her book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.{{cite web |title=10th James Cropper Wainwright Prize Announces Winner as Wild Places, Remarkable Habitats and Passionate Advocacy for our Planer are Celebrated |url=https://wainwrightprize.com/news/10th-james-cropper-wainwright-prize-announces-winner-as-wild-places-remarkable-habitats-and-passionate-advocacy-for-our-planer-are-celebrated/ |website=Wainwright Prize |access-date=18 September 2023}} She writes for The Guardian{{'s}} "Country Diary" column.{{cite news |title=Amy-Jane Beer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-jane-beer |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}

She is president of the Friends of the Dales, the society supporting the Yorkshire Dales.{{cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://friendsofthedales.org.uk/about-us/our-team |website=Friends of the Dales |access-date=18 September 2023}}

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".{{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Amy-Jane |editor1-last=Packham |editor1-first=Chris |title=People's Manifesto for Wildlife |pages=120–123 |url=http://www.chrispackham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Manifesto-long-version-2.pdf |access-date=18 September 2023 |chapter=Ministry for Social Inclusion & Access to Nature}}

She is an enthusiastic kayaker and supports the campaign for free access to England's rivers.{{cite web |title='How can anyone own a river? It's a complete absurdity.' |url=https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/news/2022/how-can-anyone-own-a-river-dr-amy-jane-beer-on-rivers-kayaking-nature-and-access-rights |website=www.britishcanoeing.org.uk |publisher=British Canoeing |access-date=18 September 2023}}

She has been interviewed by David Oakes for his Trees A Crowd podcast.{{cite web |last=Oakes | first=David | author-link=David Oakes|title=Dr Amy-Jane Beer: The 3 R's of Nature Writing - Reading, Roaming and the Radial symmetry of Sea Urchin larvae |url=https://www.treesacrowd.fm/dr-amy-jane-beer/ |website=Trees A Crowd |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=en |date=6 September 2022}}

Beer lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her son, and her Border Collie dog.{{cite web |title=5.2 Amy-Jane Beer: The Flow |url=https://www.promptedbynature.co.uk/series-five/52-amy-jane-beer-the-flow |website=Prompted by Nature |access-date=18 September 2023}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Amy-Jane |title=The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness |date=2022 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781472977397}}
• {{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Amy-Jane |title=Pocket guide to turtles, snakes and other reptiles |date=2018 |publisher=Lincoln Children's Books |isbn=9781786039101 |access-date=}}
• {{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Amy-Jane |title=A tree a day : 365 of the world's most majestic trees |date=2018 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=9781849947411}}
• {{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Amy-Jane |title=The A to Z of wildlife watching |date=2018 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=9781787014312}}
• {{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Pat |last2=Beer |first2=Amy-Jane |editor1-last=Alexander |editor1-first=Becky |title=The Natural History Book : the ultimate visual guide to everything on Earth |date=2010 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=9781405336994 |chapter=[Mammals section]}}{{cite news |title=Amy-Jane's all-in-one guide to everything on Earth |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/amy-janes-all-in-one-guide-to-everything-on-earth-1946940 |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=17 December 2010}}

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• [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amy-jane-beer-77b55639/ Amy-Jane Beer on LinkedIn ]

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