Andrew Scott

Works by Andrew Scott:

• Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia
• Under the Bright Sky: A Memoir of Travels Through Asia
• The People's Water: The Fight for the Sunshine Coast's Drinking Watersh
• Secret Coastline 2: More Journeys and Discoveries Along BC's Shores
• Painter, Paddler: The Art and Adventures of Stewart Marshall
• The Promise of Paradise
• Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in BC
• Secret Coastline: Journeys and Discoveries Along BC’s Shores

Andrew Scott is an author, journalist, editor and photographer whose work has appeared in publications worldwide. His seven books include The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, which was awarded the Roderick Haig-Brown Prize and the Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal. A new edition of The Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in British Columbia was published in 2017.

He arrived in Canada in 1957, then in BC in 1959. AWARDS: BC2000 Book Award (for Secret Coastline), 1994 National Magazine Gold Award for Personal Journalism, Western Magazine Awards for Science, Technology and Medicine (1995), Best Article, BC (1994), Editorial Innovation and Impact (1994) and Travel (1986). From ABC BookWorld, "A former Western Living editor (1980-1987) and a longtime Georgia Straight travel columnist (having first contributed to the Straight in 1974), Welsh-born journalist Andrew Scott is the unparalleled expert on West Coast place names. The tiny but venerable village of Telegraph Creek is his favourite place to visit. After it arose with the discovery of gold in 1861, the community became the gateway for two gold rushes in the Cassiar (1874-76) and the Klondike (1898-99). Briefly bolstered by construction crews for the Alaska Highway, Telegraph Creek endures in Tahltan territory as a poignant reminder of B.C.'s pioneering past. Andrew Scott has been a Vancouver Sun reporter, Alaska Airlines Magazine publisher (1987-1989), a Globe & Mail editor (1989-1991) and a major contributor to the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. He has hundreds of credits as a freelance writer and is the recipient of eight Western and National magazine awards. His work covers a wide range of topics and often deals with environmental issues." He appeared at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, Sechelt in 1986 and 2004.