Andrea Hairston (born 1952) is an African American science fiction and fantasy playwright and novelist. Her novel Redwood and Wildfire won the James Tiptree Jr. Award for 2011. Mindscape, Hairston's first novel, won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award.
ARTICLES FEATURING ANDREA

Never Very Far from What Is Happening Right Now
The world of Andrea Hairston’s “Master of Poisons” is rich, strange, and exhilaratingly beautiful; it is also violent and terrible....

Empire, Empathy, and Identity
MORE THAN ANYTHING, Dr. Andrea Hairston’s collection from Aqueduct Press reflects the force and influence of narrative, even cheesy narratives. ...
