Andrew Thomson (author)

Andrew Thomson is a New Zealand born doctor and co-author of the international best selling book Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures.

Graduating top of his year from Auckland School of Medicine in 1983, Thomson has dedicated his life to humanitarian aid. He has worked as a medical officer in the UN in New York, Cambodia and Haiti. He has also worked with the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, including exhuming mass graves to gather forensic evidence to prosecute government officials.

Thomson's interest in humanitarian work came about when he was a medical student at the University of Auckland where he befriended Vary a Cambodian student who was one of the 60 doctors who survived the notorious killing fields.

"Emergency Sex" was published in October 2004. Thomson was sacked for his role in the book but with the help of the Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower's association, Thomson was reinstated and promoted.

The book has been optioned for television.

In 2006 Thomson received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland.

Thomson has worked for the UN, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. He currently lives in Cambodia with his wife and daughter.

External links

• [1] New Yorker
• [2] Transcript of Andrew Thomson's appearance on Australian talk show Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, 4 April 2005
• [3] Andrew Thomson's Alumni Profile at his Alma Mater, the University of Auckland, New Zealand
• [4] 'UN Issues Groundbreaking Whistleblower Policy' - Press Release from GAP (Government Accountability Project), released 20 December 2005