Andrew Liptak

Andrew Liptak is a writer and historian from Vermont. He is the author of Cosplay: A History (Saga Press, 2022) and co-edited War Stories: New Military Science Fiction with Jaym Gates in 2014. He writes a newsletter about science fiction, reading, tech, and writing, Transfer Orbit, and is the Public Relations and Guest Services Coordinator for the Vermont Historical Society. His fiction has appeared in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, Horizon 2045’s Far Futures, and Future Tense Fiction.

He holds a BA in History (with a minor in Geology, 2007) and a MA in Military History (2009), both from Norwich University. In 2014, he attended the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, and he is an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). He has spent more than a decade working as a journalist, with work appearing in Clarkesworld Magazine, Gizmodo, Grist, io9, Kirkus Reviews, Lifehacker, OneZero, Pando Daily, Polygon, Slate, Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, VentureBeat, The Verge, and other publications.