About

Andrew Ervin is the author of two works of fiction: Burning Down George Orwell’s House: a bovel (Soho Press, 2015) and Extraordinary Renditions: three novellas (Coffee House Press, 2010). His most recent book is Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World (Basic Books, 2017). His short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, The Southern Review, Fiction International, and elsewhere. He has also published a TTRPG adventure, Lost Tomb of the Bitchin’ Chimera, and is currently at work on a novel.

Ervin holds a BA in philosophy from Goucher College, an MS in English from Illinois State University, and an MFA in fiction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Temple University. His writing has been translated into French and German and he lives in Philadelphia with his wife Elivi Varga and a golden retriever named Oberon.

Some Q&A interviews with Andrew Ervin

On Bit by Bit:
Geekadelphia (July 7, 2017)
Tin House (May 30, 2017)
Electric Literature (May 2, 2017)

On Burning Down George Orwell’s House:
JMWW (July 18, 2015)
The Rumpus (June 22, 2015)
Brooklyn Rail (June 3, 2015)
Tin House (May 5, 2015)
Santa Fe Writers Project (March 31, 2015)

On Extraordinary Renditions:
HTML Giant (Jan. 11, 2011)
Coffee House Press (Aug. 24, 2010)
Hobart (July 1, 2010)