Andrei Cherascu
Andrei is the author of the science fiction series The Mindguard Saga. His debut novel, Mindguard, was chosen Book of the Year 2014 by scifi365.net. Its sequel, The Vintages, was nominated for Best Science Fiction at the 2016 eFestival of Words. Martyrs of the Mind, the fourth book in the series, was released in 2019. He is currently writing the series finale.
When he isn't working on his novels, Andrei is busy running his jazz-themed website The Music and Myth, where he reviews records and gigs and posts interviews with artists like Sofia Rei, Bill Frisell, Al DiMeola and Patricia Barber.
A full-time writer by day, he enjoys spending the evenings drinking wine and listening to music with his wife, Ioana and their Bichon puppies, Jazzie and Teyla.
Bernardo Monk’s A Toda Orquesta – the passion and rigor of tango, the expressive freedom of jazz
Tyshawn Sorey’s The Inner Spectrum of Variables – equal parts science and art
Gregory Porter’s Take Me to the Alley – a beautiful record in the songwriter’s creative comfort zone
Emily’s D+Evolution by Esperanza Spalding – intense, intelligent and intrepid
