About Andrew Monroe

An avid book monger, tabletop gaming aficionado, fitness enthusiast, obsessive coffee drinker, and can most usually be found thinking about food in its various forms but mostly about what his next dessert will be.

There’s not much to be said about his writing beyond the fact that he won the third grade Most Persuasive Essay contest in which he wished to convince his teacher to give the class an additional fifteen minutes of recess.

When not writing or pursuing one of the above hobbies, he spends most of his time in Amarillo, TX attempting to convince friends and family he’s become an almost well-adjusted adult who can (mostly) fend for himself.

Since only a lucky few get to write full time, Andrew keeps a few other ventures going. The day job is COO at Plains Internet, the family fixed wireless and fiber ISP building broadband across the Texas Panhandle, which goes a long way toward explaining the pace of the books. There's also The Subtle Nerd, a print-on-demand shop with a few hundred designs for people whose humor is a little too specific. And Axe & Bow, where Andrew does AI and automation consulting for businesses around the Panhandle, plus the occasional website.

If you're ever curious why it takes him so long to publish a book, please see above.

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My story

It was the weirdest of times, it was the fastest of times, it was the age of wise-cracking, it was the age of foolhardiness. OK, that was the best attempt at Dicken's I have. Honestly, there's a lot to unpack. The short version, with all the intersting highlights rubbed down into painful brevity is this: I'm from Amarillo, TX, and still reside there to this day. In between the beginning and now, I received my BA from Texas Tech University, learned a little Japanese, worked in sales before joining my dad's company, have had far too many near death experiences, and have traveled and read more than is probably healthy for any one individual.

About my writing

Basically, I read so much, I wanted to become a writer. This is still a work in progress, but we're up to TWO books (self-published, don't @ me, I'm in marketing, had to see what it was like) out in the world. The first was realised after I finally found enough down time thanks to a knee-injury to polish off A Leaf and Pebble, the first book in a fantasy trilogy you can find out more about here. The second, Dead by Tomorrow, was written with my friend and co-host, Daniel, and you can find out more about it here.