Andy Weir

American · b. 1972

Andy Weir was a software engineer who serialized The Martian for free on his blog; readers demanded a Kindle version, and the 99-cent ebook became a bestseller and a Ridley Scott film. Project Hail Mary repeated the formula — rigorous science, duct-tape ingenuity, unkillable optimism — and gave first-contact fiction its most beloved friendship.