Andy Cave has written two autobiographies and numerous articles for climbing magazines, books and national newspapers, including for The Guardian, The Times, and Newsweek. His debut memoir, Learning to Breathe, was published in 2005. It describes Cave's transition from working as a teenage coal miner to high level alpinism, culminating in the tragic first ascent of the north face of Changabang, in the Garhwal Himalaya, with Brendan Murphy, Mick Fowler and Steve Sustad. It won the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature in 2005 (joint winner); the Best Adventure Travel Book at the Banff Mountain Book Festival (2005); the Premio Mazzotti prize (2006); and, the Veneto Banca - Voce dei Lettori in Italy (2006). Cave wrote a further account of the ascent of Changabang for the Alpine Journal, as a tribute to Murphy, who died in an avalanche after reaching the summit.His second memoir, Thin White Line, was published in 2008. It is a sequel to events in 1997, and describes alpine ascents in Patagonia, Norway and Alaska. His books have been translated into Italian and German. Reviews in major newspapers led to appearances on TV and radio, as well as invitations to lecture at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Cave has also made contributions to The Red Bulletin (2009), The Traveler's Handbook (2009), and Water: The Essence of Life by Mark Niemeyer (2008), and was invited to write an introduction to James Salter's novel Solo Faces.