Andrew Wheeler
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Services |
| Occupation | Marketing |
| Location | Outer Suburbia, New Jersey, United States |
| Introduction | Andrew Wheeler was Senior Editor of the Science Fiction Book Club and then moved into marketing. He currently works for Thomson Reuters as Manager, Content Marketing, focused on SaaS products to legal professionals. He was a judge for the 2005 World Fantasy Awards and the 2008 Eisner Awards. He also reviewed a book a day multiple times. He lives with The Wife and two mostly tame children (Thing One, born 1998; and Thing Two, born 2000) in suburban New Jersey. He has been known to drive a minivan, and nearly all of his writings are best read in a tone of bemused sarcasm. Antick Musings’s manifesto is here. All opinions expressed here are entirely those of Andrew Wheeler, and no one else. There are many Andrew Wheelers in the world; this may not be the one you expect. |
| Interests | Reading things with words and/or pictures, staring blankly into space, taking long walks in strange cities |
| Favorite movies | Much Ado About Nothing, Love Actually, Ratatouille, The Dead, and the ones expected of a geeky teen in the '80s |
| Favorite music | Say Hi, Margot + the Nuclear So & Sos, Josh Ritter, The Mendoza Line, The Octopus Project, They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, Okkervil River, Richard Thompson, 65 Days of Static |
| Favorite books | Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Drowned Hopes, The Book of the New Sun, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, Declare, Lords and Ladies, The Way We Live Now, Bleak House |
If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying "poop deck"?
Avoid? Pshaw. A good maniacal laugh is a pirate prerequsite. The trick is not to titter or giggle, but dive into it from the diaphragm.