Andrew McCarthy has been a fixture on screen and television since making his debut at age nineteen in Class. A 1980’s acting icon, he starred in such films as Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire. For the last ten years, he has been a prolific and award-winning travel writer, publishing with National Geographic Traveler Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, Travel + Leisure, and The Wall Street Journal. 

Andrew McCarthy is a director, an award winning travel writer, and—of course—an actor. He made his professional début at 19 in Class, and has appeared in dozens of films, including such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, and St. Elmo’s Fire. He has starred on Broadway and on television, most recently appearing in The Family, on ABC. McCarthy is also a highly regarded television director; having helmed Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist, Grace and Frankie, and many others.

Simultaneously, McCarthy is an award winning travel writer. He is an editor-at-large at National Geographic Traveler, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Travel+Leisure, and many others. He has received six Lowell Thomas awards, and been named Travel Journalist of the Year by The Society of American Travel Writers.

His travel memoir, THE LONGEST WAY HOME, became a New York Times Best Seller, and the Financial Times of London named it one of the Best Books of the year. His debut novel, JUST FLY AWAY, was just published by Algonquin in March, 2017.

McCarthy lives in New York City.    

Andrew McCarthy: The Longest Way Home

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