Jesse Andrews
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia. |
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The Haters Three young jazz musicians follow a quest to escape the law long enough to play the amazing show they hope (but also doubt) they have in them.
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Interviews
- Abrams Books Podcast with Jesse
- Interview with the New York Times
- Interview with Wear the Old Coat
- Interview with Word & Film
- YouTube interview
Videos
When we asked our authors what they were or might have been voted in HS, Jesse answered I actually was voted "Most Likely To Succeed." Which is a pretty cruel thing to vote someone. It sets the bar way too high. It basically means you have no excuses and if you don't succeed a whole bunch right out of the gate, you have embarrassed yourself. And I did not succeed a whole bunch right out of the gate.
Other Fun Facts
- I do modular origami obsessively, usually while listening to podcasts or on airplanes.
- The story in the movie version of Me & Earl about that perverted kid in kindergarten who wanted to show everyone the birthmark on his butt is actually about me. I have a birthmark on my butt and I showed it to people in kindergarten.
- In Japan I recently ate a little candied octopus with a quail egg inside its head. I also ate some bees. They tasted like raisins.
- I have hundreds of PDFs of old textbooks on my computer from when I used to edit textbooks, and when I can't think of a good last name for a character, I open up a random book's References section and choose from the many interesting last names there.
- One of the main characters of The Haters, the singer and guitarist ash Ramos, shares a last name with my friend and bandmate Mike Ramos, who is maybe the best guitarist Ive ever played with.
