Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy is a director, an award-winning travel writer, and—of course—an actor. He made his professional début at 19 in Class and has appeared in dozens of films, including such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Less Than Zero, and cult favorites Weekend At Bernie’s and Mannequin. Both his travel memoir The Longest Way Home (Free Press, 2012) and YA novel Just Fly Away (Algonquin, 2017) were New York Times bestsellers. His latest memoir, Brat: An ’80s Story, will be published by Grand Central on May 11, 2021.