Early life
Andrew Joseph Fisher was born and received his education in England. In 1971, he moved to Canada, where he lived and worked. He did not lose his British citizenship and held both British and Canadian citizenship at the same time.
Career
Fisher started his career in journalism as a junior reporter for The Staffordshire Advertiser. At the age of 22, he became the paper's news editor, a record for the youngest news editor in England. After moving to Canada, he worked as an investigative reporter and feature writer for both the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star. He also traveled to several countries, including Greece, Ireland, Ecuador, Morocco, and Peru, where he researched topics for his own writing projects. During his time in Ecuador, he taught English at the Colegio Americano in Quito and wrote journals that were later published as a book titled Cotopaxi Visions: Travels in Ecuador.
Fisher focused on writing about the paranormal. His books have sold more than one million copies and have been translated into 22 languages.
In 2001, Fisher committed suicide in Fergus, Ontario.
Publications
- Predictions (1980)
- The Case for Reincarnation (1984, revised in 2012)
- Life Between Life (1988)
- Hungry Ghosts (1990)
- Cotopaxi Visions: Travels in Ecuador (1992)
- Game Wardens: Men and Women in Conservation (1992)
- The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts: A Detailed Study of Channeling and Spirit Guides (2001)