Born and raised in Connecticut, he earned his BA in Anthropology from UC Berkeley, his MA in Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Virginia, and his MFA in Fiction from Louisville’s Spalding University.

He is available for bookstore and reading group visits; contact him here. 

Andrew lives in Berkeley with his family. 

Andrew Beahrs is the author of Twain’s Feast, forthcoming from Penguin Press, and the novels Strange Saint and the The Sin Eaters, both from Toby Press.

His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Writer’s Chronicle, Gastronomica, Food History News, Ocean Magazine, Virginia Quarterly Review, Alligator Juniper, and other journals.