Introduction
Jesse Andrews (born September 15, 1982) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Every Day.
Novels
His debut novel, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, was published by Harry Abrams in 2012 and won that year's Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction. He also wrote the feature-film adaptation of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and produced by Indian Paintbrush. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Audience Award (U.S. – Dramatic) and the Grand Jury Prize (U.S. – Dramatic).
His second novel, The Haters, was published by Amulet books in April 2016. He said that he was inspired by his own experience with road-travelling bands. His third novel, Munmun, was published in April 2018. The novel is set in an alternate reality where size is proportional to wealth.
Background
Andrews was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of both Schenley High School and Harvard University. His family is Jewish.
He learned jazz in high school.
He currently resides in Berkeley, California.