Andy Schell

Andy Schell is a graduate of the University of Kansas, and worked as a freelance joke writer for Joan Rivers to help with expenses during college. He has performed with the famed Los Angeles improvisation group, The Groundlings, and won a Los Angeles Dramalogue Award for his theatrical play, "Confessions of a Boy Stewardess." His first novel "My Best Man" was published by Kensington Books in 2000, and his novella, "The Outline of a Torso" was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award as part of the 2002 collection by Kensington entitled, "Summer Share." Schell, who has traveled the world as a fight crew member serving the US military, lives in San Diego and divides his time between his surfboard and his figure skates (he is a two-time championship US Adult medalist). His latest novel, "Flying Camels and Tiger Mothers" is now available in both paperback and e-book editions.