Andrew Wice
novelist & screenwriter
Biography
I was born Andrew David Wice in 1974 to two Political Science professors in Pittsburgh, PA. I learned to walk in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I was raised in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1991, during the first Gulf War, I served as a page in the United States Senate.
I graduated from Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) in 1996 with Honors in English for my first novel, After Bells Had Rung and Were Silent. Then I began my peregrinations around the country. I have lived, worked and written novels at a ranch in the Colorado Rockies, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Key West, New Smyrna Beach (FL), NYC again, Sedona (AZ), Iceland, and currently Madrid (NM).
I used to travel in the company of a handsome border collie named Sora. Named for a Japanese poet, he was a good dog and found my present home: Madrid, New Mexico. Formerly an abandoned coal-mining town, it is a tiny island of artists and freaks located south of Santa Fe in the high desert mountains. For many years I was the music manager and bartender of the legendary Mineshaft Tavern. I currently work at the Hollar Restaurant, serving great food and drinks in an atmosphere of atonal aptitude.
I graduated from Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) in 1996 with Honors in English for my first novel, After Bells Had Rung and Were Silent. Then I began my peregrinations around the country. I have lived, worked and written novels at a ranch in the Colorado Rockies, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Key West, New Smyrna Beach (FL), NYC again, Sedona (AZ), Iceland, and currently Madrid (NM).
I used to travel in the company of a handsome border collie named Sora. Named for a Japanese poet, he was a good dog and found my present home: Madrid, New Mexico. Formerly an abandoned coal-mining town, it is a tiny island of artists and freaks located south of Santa Fe in the high desert mountains. For many years I was the music manager and bartender of the legendary Mineshaft Tavern. I currently work at the Hollar Restaurant, serving great food and drinks in an atmosphere of atonal aptitude.
In 2007, while my novel To The Last Drop was being rejected by fools, I defiantly began working on my seventh novel, The Object. In December, my father Dr. Paul Wice received a heart transplant which added two beautiful years to his life. When TLD was accepted for publication by the intelligent editors at Bauu Institute Press, I dropped all concern with my book-in-progress and launched myself into editing, marketing, promoting and distributing my debut.
As my promotional whirlwind for TLD slowed down and I returned to the Object again, my father's deteriorating health and eventual passing forced me to return to his home with my siblings. After settling the estate, I started again on the Object in June of 2010.
With the book three-quarters completed, I made a 5-week journey through autumnal Europe to write and gather raw material for the novel's conclusion.
As my promotional whirlwind for TLD slowed down and I returned to the Object again, my father's deteriorating health and eventual passing forced me to return to his home with my siblings. After settling the estate, I started again on the Object in June of 2010.
With the book three-quarters completed, I made a 5-week journey through autumnal Europe to write and gather raw material for the novel's conclusion.
The Object was submitted to one particular literary agent in the 2012 summer. Check back for publishing updates about this novel, which took me five years to write, in my online journal.