Andrew Rubin graduated from NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts where he studied Film Production and History. Like a Lemming over a cliff, Andrew graduated at the height of the Great Recession. Over the past decade, he has toiled in the trenches of Hollywood development, gaining a WGA card along the way, and walking the picket lines to unemployment.

HELL OR HIGH WINTER is the culmination of a ten-year odyssey before Andrew sighed land and found a welcome home with Rare Bird Books. Now this irreverent, action-adventure, mythological romp is available to readers everywhere!

Described as a Renaissance Man by no one, Andrew also co-directed the feature documentary, “Ride with Larry,” about the inspirational journey of Parkinson’s advocate, Larry Smith. “Ride with Larry” garnered international attention, including a BBC special, for its examination of medical marijuana and Parkinson’s. The segment on medical marijuana has since been viewed over half a billion times. Little known fact, the man in the viral video sharing medical marijuana was actually Andrew’s father, affectionately known as Mary Jane’s Apostle.

Yes, Andrew’s father helped normalize pot. You’re welcome.

To this day, Andrew’s father remains the only Jew known to smoke pot in the Vatican. Second fun fact of the day.

Most proudly – and randomly – Andrew is president and co-founder of Symptom Media, an online mental health education and resource library, currently used in over 500 universities, hospitals and institutions around the world (including Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU, UNC Chapel Hill and more). Check it out! You might learn something too!

When not doing the writing and work stuff, Andrew does other stuff, like injuring himself running, or injuring himself playing pickleball, or injuring himself playing with his dog, or injuring himself gardening (how?!). He splits his time injuring himself between San Diego and Los Angeles.