As a travel writer and photographer, Andrew Hempstead has spent many years exploring, photographing, and writing about Canada. Andrew lives with his wife, Dianne, and their two dogs in Banff, Alberta. A veteran explorer of the Canadian Rockies, he has traveled mountain highways and hiked countless trails, exploring new places and updating old favorites. He spends as much time as possible on the road, experiencing the many and varied delights of Western Canada just as his readers do.

Andrew has been writing since the late 1980s, when he left an established career in advertising and took off for Alaska, linking up with veteran travel writer Deke Castleman to research and update the fourth edition of Moon Alaska-Yukon. He has produced several guides to Canada, including books on British Columbia, Vancouver, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, and Western Canada. He is also the coauthor of Moon guides to Atlantic Canada, Australia and New Zealand and a contributor to Moon San Juan Islands, Road Trip USA, Northwest Best Places, Eyewitness Guide to the USA, as well as the updater to the last three editions of The Illustrated Guide to New Zealand. His writing and photographs have appeared in a wide variety of media, including National Geographic Traveler, Travesias, Where, Interval World, and Microsoft's Automap.

Andrew's website is www.westerncanadatravel.com.