Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author,^[1] known for his book The Wavewatcher's Companion.

Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004. He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.

Awards and honours

• 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion^[2]

Works

• The Cloudspotter's Guide^[1] (2006)
• The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
• A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
• The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)^[3][4]
• The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; Co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)

TV appearances

• Presented on BBC TV: Cloudspotting^[5]
• Appeared on BBC TV: The Secret Life of Waves^[6]

References

1. "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh.
2. "Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize", The Independent, 18 November 2011
3. "The Wavewatcher’s Companion".
4. "Daily Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph (London). 13 June 2010.
5. "Cloudspotting". BBC.
6. "The Secret Life of Waves". BBC.

External links

• Cloud Appreciation Society
• The Idler magazine