Andrew Struthers was accused of being "a Canadian version of Hunter S. Thompson" (Vancouver Sun) on the merits of his most recent memoir, AROUND THE WORLD ON MINIMUM WAGE (New Star Books, 2014). His other books include THE SACRED HERB / THE DEVIL'S WEED (New Star Books, 2017), THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LOCH RYAN (New Star Books, 2004) and The Green Shadow (1995). He is at least as well known as his films, which include The Magic Salmon, TigerBomb: A Symphony in Dynamite, and Spiders on Drugs.