Andrew Nelson (author)

Andrew Nelson is a writer and professor living in New Orleans. He worked as a senior producer of Britannica.com,[1] a creative director for Cyberflix, a visiting professor at Loyola University New Orleans, and a Public Relations and Social Media Account professional at Peter A. Mayer Advertising in New Orleans. Two computer games he developed for CyberFlix – Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996) and Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (1995) – were bestselling PC game and Macintosh Games of the Year.[2] In 2007 he was awarded a Lowell Thomas Award for his work with the Society.[3] He is a writer-at-large for Salon, National Geographic Traveler, ReadyMade, The New York Times, Via magazine, Weekend Sherpa and San Francisco Magazine (which featured Nelson’s monthly history column).

Nelson is a Missouri School of Journalism Alumni.

  1. ^ Credits, Kids Britannica
  2. ^ Timothy Garrand, Writing for Multimedia and the Web, page 338, Focal Press, 2006, ISBN 9780080474861
  3. ^ Biography, School of Mass Communication, Loyola University New Orleans