Andre Hardy has written across multiple genres, including creative nonfiction, essays and short stories, screenwriting, and long-form narrative. Andre’s essays, interviews, and critical analysis have been published in L.A. Tribe Magazine, Lunch Ticket, Antioch University’s cutting-edge literary and visual arts journal, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. His short story, “Negro in a Hot Tub,” is featured in Made in L.A.: An Anthology of
Stories Rooted in the City of Angels, written by Los Angeles-based writers. Andre was the
fourth pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1984 National Football League draft. He is a
member of the NFL Retired Players Association and the NFL Legends Community, and he
earned his MFA through the NFL Players Trust tuition reimbursement program. Andre
was born and raised in San Diego and recently moved to Charlotte, NC with his beautiful wife, renowned Buddhist meditation teacher JoAnna Hardy.