Andrew Stevenson was born in Canada, but spent his childhood in Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Scotland, Malaysia and Singapore. He studied postgraduate international economics in France, Canada and Norway and worked as an international economist for two Canadian banks before joining the United Nations Development Programme. He was assigned to the UNDP offices in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, remained in the country after a two year stint with the UN, obtained his pilot's licence and started a safari company in the Selous Game Reserve. After five years in East Africa he returned to North America to become a financial advisor, and to upgrade his pilot's licence. He has subsequently worked as a consultant in international development for the Canadian, Norwegian and Swedish governments, travelling over most of Africa and Asia. He was owner of two adventure companies in Norway. He currently lives in Bermuda with his Kiwi wife Annabel and daughter Elsa where he writes full time.

Andrew's first travelogue, 'Annapurna Circuit: Himalayan Journey' published by Constable and Robinson in 1997 has been translated into German by Frederking and Thaler under the title 'Rund um den Annapurna' in September 2001. A second German edition was published by National Geographic Adventure Press in July 2003. His second travelogue, 'Kiwi Tracks: A New Zealand Journey' was published by Lonely Planet in its Journeys series in 1999. His travelogue on Norway, 'Summer Light: A walk across Norway' was published by Lonely Planet in the spring of 2002. Constable and Robinson in conjunction with The Mountaineers Books published a book of photographs of the Annapurnas May 2002 under the title 'A Nepalese Journey: On foot in the Himalayas' in Britain, and 'A Nepalese Journey: The essence of the Annapurna Circuit' in the USA, which was subsequently selected as one of the finalists at the 2002 Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival. A fifth book, 'Travels in Outback Australia: Beyond the Black Stump' came out January 3rd 2003 published by Travellers Eye. The Australasian edition was published in August 2003 by Allen and Unwin under the title 'OUT BACK: Adventures of an Intrepid Interloper'. Frederking and Thaler through their National Geographic imprint have published 'Trekking in Neuseeland' in November 2004 and 'Meine Reise Durch das Outback' in October 2005 and the German translation of his Norwegian travelogue, 'Mittsommer: Auf Trekkingtour in Norwegen' came out in the spring of 2006. He has completed a novel, 'Skeleton Coast: The Forbidden Zone' which has been published in Japan.

Andrew's photographs and articles have featured on the front covers in international magazines including: Royal Geographical Society Magazine, The Great Outdoors (TGO), Global Adventure, The Globalist, Action Asia, Destinations, RG, Bottom Line Magazine, Outside Australia, British Airways in-flight magazine High Life and Singapore Airlines in-flight magazine Silver Kris.

Andrew's first documentary film, 'Paving Shangri La', about the military highway the Chinese are building through the Annapurna Himals, was awarded an Honorary Mention at its first showing, the Bermuda International Film Festival. 'Paving Shangri La' has been a finalist at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, and other film festivals throughout the USA, Canada, Europe and Australasia.

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