Andrew Fox is a well-established American author, known for his work in genre fiction. He was born in Miami Beach in 1964 and has been a fan of science fiction and horror ever since he saw "Destroy All Monsters" at the drive-in theater when he was three years old. In 1994, Fox joined award-winning science fiction author George Alec Effinger's monthly writing workshop group in New Orleans, where he lived for over two decades. He currently resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and three boys, where he works for a federal law enforcement agency.
Fox's first novel, "Fat White Vampire Blues," was published by Ballantine Books in 2003 and was widely described as "Anne Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces." The book won the Ruthven Award for Best Vampire Fiction of 2003, and its sequel, "Bride of the Fat White Vampire," was published in 2004. His third novel, "The Good Humor Man, or, Calorie 3501," was published by Tachyon Publications in April 2009 and was selected by Booklist as one of the Ten Best SF/Fantasy Novels of the Year.
In addition to his novels, Fox has also written short fiction and has been an outspoken advocate for freedom of speech and thought in science fiction. MonstraCity Press has published two volumes of short fiction that push the boundaries of what is considered taboo in science fiction, including "Hazardous Imaginings: The Mondo Book of Politically Incorrect Science Fiction" and "Again, Hazardous Imaginings." He has also written a steampunk dark fantasy novel set aboard ironclad gunboats during the Civil War, "Fire on Iron (Book One of Midnight's Inferno: the August Micholson Chronicles)" and will publish the second book in the series, "Hellfire and Damnation," in 2021.
Fox's other jobs have been varied, including working at a children's psychiatric center, managing a statewide supplemental nutrition program for senior citizens, teaching musical theater and improv to children, and selling Saturn cars and trucks. He has also been a mime and produced a multi-sensory interactive play for blind children in New Orleans. He is also known for his article "Bullies, Inc." in Tablet Magazine, where he wrote about his impressions of Jeff Zucker, his high school classmate who would go on to become the president of NBC/Universal and then of CNN. Fox's website and blog can be found at fantasticalandrewfox.com and the latest information about MonstraCity Press books can be found at www.monstracitypress.com.