Andrew Peacock (writer)

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Andrew Peacock is a Canadian writer and retired veterinarian who lives in Freshwater-Carbonear, Newfoundland. His first book, Creatures of the Rock: A Veterinarian's Adventures in Newfoundland, was longlisted for the 2015 Leacock Medal for Humour and won the 2015 Newfoundland Book Award. Peacock was born in Toronto and grew up in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He moved to Newfoundland in 1982 after earning his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Guelph. He worked as a mixed-animal veterinarian in rural Newfoundland from 1982 to 2010. After retiring, he wrote two books inspired by his veterinary career. He also ran an independent bookstore in Carbonear called Waterwords with his wife and has worked for the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Veterinarians.