Federation of BC Writers

Author of the forthcoming Rise Up and Sing! Bio: Andrea Warner (she/her) writes and talks. A lot. She’s the author of Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography (2018) and We Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music (2015). Her new book, Rise Up and Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music, will be published by Greystone Kids (Fall 2023). She’s the co-writer and associate producer of the 2022 documentary, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, co-hosts the weekly feminist pop culture podcast, Pop This!, and is an associate producer at CBC Music. Andrea is a settler who was born and raised in Vancouver on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.