Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is a British author, journalist and broadcaster who has trailed and written about science, food and poverty. His book First People documents the earliest members of our genus and the archaeology of the "first peoples" of the continents, telling the story of where modern humans came from and how they spread.

An award-winning journalist formerly of the Sunday Times, Smith writes books that mirror his investigations: from Moondust and The Bluffer's Guides to histories of agriculture and of the first Americans. His prose is known for clarity, lightness and a reporter's determination to take readers where the official record ends.