About Andrew Leonard
Born 1962. Andrew Leonard is an American literary critic and journalist.
Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American journalist who writes feature articles for San Francisco and contributes to Medium. From 1995 to 2014 he wrote for Salon.com. He has also written for Wired. He is the author of Bots: The Origin of New Species, which The New York Times called a "playful social history of the internet". According to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, also writing in the Times, the book is "deceptively profound". Bots was one of the first few books published by Wired' s nonfiction publishing venture HardWired, launched in 1996.
For six years as a financial analyst for Salon.com, Leonard wrote a blog, How the World Works, covering topics such as speculation in the car market, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, and immigration reform.
Currently he is the writer of the popular newsletter titled, "The Cleaver and the Butterfly".
Leonard is the son of the American literary, television, film, and cultural critic John Leonard.
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Who is Andrew Leonard?
American journalist
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Andrew Leonard was born in 1962.
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Andrew Leonard is a literary critic and journalist.
What nationality is Andrew Leonard?
Andrew Leonard is American.
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