Andy Greenwald


Andy Greenwald is an American author, critic, podcaster, screenwriter, and television producer. From 2011 to 2015, he was a staff writer and principal TV writer for Bill Simmons' ESPN website Grantland. Beginning in 2016, Greenwald worked as a screenwriter on the superhero TV show Legion. In 2018, Greenwald and Sam Esmail had their adaptation of the book Briarpatch ordered to series on USA Network. Greenwald is both a writer and executive producer on the show, which stars Rosario Dawson.

Life and career

Greenwald grew up in Philadelphia and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Friends' Central School in Philadelphia and Brown University in Providence. He is married to an attorney and has two daughters.
Beginning in 2013, Greenwald began podcasting with his best friend and pop culture writer Chris Ryan as part of the Grantland suite of content. He hosted both the "Andy Greenwald Podcast" and the "Hollywood Prospectus Podcast" for that website. Once Simmons started The Ringer in Los Angeles, both Greenwald and Ryan began co-hosting "The Watch" on the Ringer podcast network.
In 2016, he and Chris Ryan switched from audio-only to also appearing in video when they co-hosted After the Thrones on HBO, as well as Hacking Robot on USA Network.
Previously, Greenwald was a senior contributing writer at Spin, and has also written for such publications as The Washington Post, Blender, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, MTV Magazine, Complex, and Magnet. He is the author of the books and Miss Misery: A Novel.