12 on The New York Times bestseller list in 2014. The print version (slightly edited from the original) debuted at No. Weir was then approached by a literary agent and sold the rights to Crown Publishing Group. First sold for 99 cents, the novel made it to the Kindle bestsellers list. ![]() Originally published as a free serial on his website, some readers requested he make it available on Amazon Kindle. Weir wrote his first published novel, The Martian, to be as scientifically accurate as possible, doing extensive research into orbital mechanics, conditions on the planet Mars, the history of human spaceflight, and botany. His first work to gain significant attention was " The Egg", a 2009 short story that has been adapted into a number of YouTube videos, a one-act play, and is the overarching concept of Everybody, the third album by American rapper Logic. The attention these gained him has been attributed as later helping launch his writing career, following his failure to publish his first novel attempt, Theft of Pride. He also briefly worked on another comic, Cheshire Crossing (bridging Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins) from 2006 to 2008. He authored a humor web comic, Casey and Andy, featuring fictionalized " mad scientist" versions of himself and his friends (such as writer Jennifer Brozek) from 2001 to 2008. Weir began writing science fiction in his twenties and published work on his website for years. ![]() He 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. Īfter high school, Weir studied computer science at the University of California, San Diego, though he did not graduate. At the age of 15, he began working as a computer programmer for Sandia. Weir grew up reading classic science fiction such as the works of Arthur C. He was an only child, and his parents divorced when he was eight. His father, John Weir, was a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, and his mother was an electrical engineer. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 and his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. Campbell Award for Best New WriterĪndrew Taylor Weir ( / w i r/ born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist. ![]() Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction
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