Pre-Publication Praise for "Empire of Lies."
May 14, 2008

The first review of Andrew's new novel "Empire of Lies" is out and it's a good one. Publishers Weekly, the publishing industry's premiere trade magazine, calls the book "a wickedly satiric thriller with political overtones" and says its "action builds to an explosive climax." The novel tells the story of Jason Harrow, once a dissolute and amoral New Yorker, now a conservative and religious family man living in the mid-west. When a phone call from a former lover calls Jason back to New York, he's drawn into a search for a missing woman who holds the key to a perilous mystery. Trying to uncover the truth when the American media, academy and entertainment business obscure it under a mountain of politically correct lies, Jason can't tell whether he's on the trail of a terrorist plot or is simply going mad - or both. "Empire of Lies" is scheduled for publication in mid-July from Harcourt/Penzler Press.

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Andrew Named Contributing Editor
Feb 28, 2008

Andrew has been named a contributing editor to "City Journal," the magazine of the Manhattan Institute. The Journal, edited by Brian Anderson, regularly features articles by such contributors as Christopher Hitchens, Myron Magnet, Theodore Dalrymple, and Heather Mac Donald and was cited by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as a major source of ideas for his administration. Andrew has so far contributed pieces of film criticism to the Journal, including "The Sin of Sin City" and "The Lost Art of War," as well as more personal pieces, like "The Big White Lie," reprinted here in his blog. "Story Time," Andrew's description of his visit to an underclass school will appear in CJ's spring issue.

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Andrew on "The Lost Art of War"
Jan 30, 2008

Andrew's new examination of Hollywood war films has been published in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and is now posted online at http://www.city-journal.org/.

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"One Missed Call" Has One Good Weekend
Jan 7, 2008

The weekend opening of Warner Bros' new film "One Missed Call," "outpaced all expectations," according to the Hollywood trade paper Variety. Taking in an estimated 13.5 million dollars at 2,240 theaters, the film's 6-thousand plus per screen average beat that of every other picture but the surging indie "Juno." The Japanese horror remake, scripted by Andrew, "hit the sweet spot among younger females, the target demo for PG-13 horror titles," Variety said. This despite what Andrew himself called "brutally bad" reviews. Andrew responded to the film's reception with typical wry humor. "Clearly, if newspapers were written by 13-year-old girls, the reviews would've been sensational," he said. "Plus, the world would be a better place all around."

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