Andrew Aydin is an American comics writer, best known for his role as the Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Georgia congressman John Lewis. He is the co-author, with Lewis, of March, Lewis' #1 New York Times bestselling autobiographical graphic novel trilogy.
Andrew Aydin is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a National Book Award winner, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award honoree, a Printz Award winner, a Sibert Medal winner, a Walter Dean Myers Award winner, a three-time Eisner award winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors.
He is the creator and co-author of the graphic memoir series, March and Run, which chronicles the life of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. March was the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award.
An Atlanta native, Andrew is a Turkish-American who was raised by a single mother. He served as special assistant to Connecticut Lt. Governor Kevin B. Sullivan and district aide to Rep. John Larson.