Historical Nonfiction Author
Historical Nonfiction Author
Andy McPhee is a former critical care nurse and educational healthcare publisher who writes narrative nonfiction about the moral dilemmas at the heart of American medical and environmental history.
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Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Fellow, National Writing Project
Biography
A former critical care nurse and educational healthcare publisher, Andy McPhee has also written four nonfiction books for young adults, written or edited more than 750 newspaper and magazine articles, and managed the publication from beginning to end of more than sixty healthcare textbooks and reference books.
He is a Fellow of the National Writing Project and earned two feature writing awards from the Association of Educational Publishers, now a division of the American Association of Publishers. He has presented writing seminars at national conferences, given writing webinars, and appeared on many podcasts for his books. He was an award-winning actor in community theaters in two states and also directed a number of plays and musicals.
Now retired, Andy has been married nearly 30 years. He and his wife have four children and five grandchildren. The couple live in Saint Petersburg, Florida, with their two dogs. Andy loves golf, books, and fine food—not necessarily in that order.
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Recognition
Fellow, National Writing Project
Awards
2 feature writing awards, Association of Educational Publishers
Background
Critical care nursing; educational healthcare publishing
Home
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Four careers, one voice
Years at the bedside shape how Andy writes about illness, disaster, and the people caught in them.
He managed more than sixty healthcare textbooks and reference books from beginning to end.
A National Writing Project Fellow, he has led writing seminars at national conferences and in webinars.
An award-winning community theater actor in two states, he has also directed plays and musicals.
In His Words
“Apparently I’m most interested in writing true stories about events that center on moral contradictions.”
Both of Andy’s narrative histories turn on questions without easy answers: whether the needs of medical science outweigh the dignity of the dead, and why a town supported the very mills that poisoned its air.
Media & Public Lectures
Materials for podcast interviews, keynote addresses, historical society lectures, and book club discussions.
High-Resolution Author Headshots
Print and digital press photos (Color & B&W versions).
300 DPI Cover Art
Both The Doctors’ Riot of 1788 and Donora Death Fog.
Short, Medium & Extended Biographies
Formulated for podcast introductions, conference guides, and book reviews.
Suggested Discussion & Interview Questions
Curated for literary hosts, environmental podcasts, and historical roundtables.
Topic 01
How medical education in early America clashed with religious sanctities and sparked one of the nation’s earliest recorded urban riots.
Topic 02
Lessons in industrial oversight, corporate accountability, and grassroots resilience following America’s deadliest air disaster.
Topic 03
How decades in critical care medicine and professional textbook editing shaped an authorial voice grounded in truth and humanity.
For Media & Event Organizers
