Andrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery, the nonfiction books Literary Rogues and Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love, and numerous other humorous works of fiction and nonfiction. He is a two-time Goodreads Choice Award nominee and a finalist in the Humor category. His work has been published in McSweeney’s, Mental Floss, and The Daily Beast. Shaffer attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and now lives in Kentucky.