An award-winning writer and teacher, Andrew Todhunter is the author of three books, including the PEN USA Literary Award-winning A Meal Observed, and dozens of articles for national publications including National Geographic, The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal. He has also worked on numerous interactive and film projects, including productions for Lucasfilm and National Geographic Television.

Andrew taught writing and interdisciplinary creativity for fifteen years at Stanford University, where he co-founded The Senior Reflection, a creative capstone program in Biology, and Stanford's LifeWorks Program in Integrative Learning. He studied at the American University of Paris and received his BA in Ancient History from UC Berkeley. He later studied film production at NYU’s Graduate Department of Film and Television and received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University in Los Angeles.

He has served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT, and is currently based with his family in Northern California.