Background
Andrew Offutt was born in Kentucky.
Andrew Offutt was born in Kentucky.
Offutt graduated from Louisville University with a degree in philology and history, gained a scholarship during from the Ford Foundation during education time, uphold a thesis in psychology and in 1955 received Bachelor of psychology.
The first Offutt's publication was in 1954, when in columns of the American magazine «If» appeared a story «And Gone Tomorrow». Despite this early publication, the author believes that the beginning of his writing career was the selling of the story "Blacksword" to magazine "Galaxy" in 1959.
According to critics, the best work of Offutt became his novel dystopia called "Evil is Live Spelled Backwards". The novel was published in 1970 and was about a battle with religious dictatorship in America XXI century.
Offutt also wrote two franchises, which main characters were the character of Robert E. Howard, one the most famous Howard's hero - Conan and less well-known character - Cormac Mac Art. Conan novels do not contradict the Howard's, de Camp's, Carter's and Nyberg's classical cycle Also completed the unfinished story of Howard "Nekht Semerkeht" about of the conquistadors, who had found the lost city in Mexico, and participated in the writing of multiple-author novel based on the draft of Howard.
Offutt took part in the multiple-author project "Thieve's World", edited by Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey, creating one of the main characters of the cycle - thief Hans, nicknamed Hostage Shadows. His adventures Offutt devoted not just a few short stories that were published in anthologies, but two separate novels. Offutt anthology "Iron Lords" is also very popular.
As an editor Offutt drew up line of five anthologies called "Swords Against Darkness".
Hominist
Andrew met his future wife, Jodie, in Lexington. In 1957, they were married, and in 1958 they had a son, Chris. They were married for more than 50 years and had four children. Offutt also has five grandchildren, Sam, Steffi, James, Joyce, and Andrew.