Andy Weir Biography
Andy Weir (full name: Andrew Taylor Weir) is an American programmer and novelist whose pen name is Jack Sharp. His debut novel The Martian was later adapted into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott in 2015.
In 2016, Weir received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Weir began working as a computer programmer for Sandia National Laboratories at the age of 15. Although he studied computer science at UC San Diego, Weir did not graduate.
He then worked as a programmer for several software companies, including AOL, Palm, MobileIron, and Blizzard, where he worked on the video game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Weir is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail.
Andy Weir Age
Andrew Taylor Weir was born on 16 June 1972 in Davis, California, U.S. He is 47 years old as of 2019.
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Weir was born the only child of an accelerator physicist father and an electrical-engineer mother who divorced when he was eight. He grew up reading classic science fiction such as the works of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov.
Andy Weir Wife
Weir has not yet disclosed any information regarding his wife or marriage. He lives in Mountain View, California, in a rented two-bedroom apartment.
Weir has a fear of flying and he never visited the set of the film adaptation of The Martian in Budapest, where most of the scenes set on Mars were shot at Korda Studios.
With the help p of therapy and medication in 2015, Weir was able to fly to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center, and to San Diego to attend Comic-Con.
Andy Weir The Egg
The Egg is Weir’s popular short story from 2009 (it’s been translated to 30 different languages) about reincarnation. It was first published on his website Galactanet.
American rapper Logic used The Egg as inspiration for the album ‘Everybody’ released in 2017. The Egg was animated by the Youtube channel Kurzgesagt in September 2019, in honor of the story’s ten-year anniversary.
Andy Weir The Martian
The Martian was Andy’s debut novel under his own name. The science fiction novel was originally self-published in 2011, Crown publishing purchased the rights and released it in 2014. It follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in the year 2035 and he must improvise in order to survive.
A film adaptation by the same name which is directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon was later released in October 2015.
Artemis Andy Weir
Andy wrote a science fiction novel in 2017. It takes place in the late 2080s and is set in Artemis, the first and so far only city on the Moon. The novel follows the life of porter and smuggler Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara as she gets caught up in a conspiracy for control of the city.
Artemis was released on November 14, 2017, and debuted at #6 on The New York Times Best Seller list. 20th Century Fox and New Regency acquired the film rights to the not-yet-published novel in May 2017. The film would have Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood attached to produce.
Andy Weir Artemis Sequel
In September 2017, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were announced as co-directors. It was then announced in July 2018 that Geneva Robertson-Dworet would be writing the screenplay.
Andy Weir Cheshire Crossing
Weir worked on a comic called Cheshire Crossing bridging Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz from 2001 to 2008.
It is a collaboration between the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian and the beloved illustrator behind Sarah’s Scribbles, Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy team up to save the multiverse, from Wonderland to Neverland and Oz.
Andy Weir Net Worth
Weir has earned a lot of money from his career which involves writing and also from his former work as a programmer. However, his net worth is not yet revealed to the public.
Andy Weir Website
Weir has a personal website, andyweirauthor.com through which he shares more about his books, himself, and also the means of contacting him. He also has another website by the name galactanet.com. The website lists his works, with free versions of many of his short stories.
Andy Weir New Book
Cheshire Crossing (Graphic Novel) – 2019
Cheshire Crossing – 2019
Andy Weir Book
- The Martian (Weir novel) – 2011
- Artemis (novel) – 2017
- The Egg – 2009
- Cheshire Crossing (Graphic Novel) – 2019
- James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal – 2017
- The Egg and Other Stories – 2017
- Artemis: A Gripping, High-concept Thriller from the Bestselling Author of The Martian Andy Weir – 2017
- The Martian: A 15-Minute Summary and Analysis Andy Weir – 2015
- Creative Tension in Urban Mission: Reflections on Missional Practice and Theory Andy Weir – 2015
- Cheshire Crossing – 2019
- The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir – 2016
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Weir’s Instagram account is private.