Author Description

Andrew Dys is a longtime reporter and columnist at The Herald, the daily newspaper serving York, Chester, and Lancaster counties in Upstate South Carolina. His hard-knuckled writing covering regular people who do extraordinary things has garnered awards from press associations and other organizations in both Carolinas. He is known for driving an 1986 Mercury Cougar with more than 230,000 miles on it, devotion to vices including drinking coffee all day, and wears on his sleeve an equal dislike of house pets and bigots. No one can carve off unique perspectives of the life like Herald columnist Andrew Dys. His insightful, amusing, and sometimes bemusing looks at himself and others are both delicious and devious. His wordly recipes, the ingredients of our daily existence, beg for a healthier dollop of irreverence or reverence than would normally suit most tastes. “Slice of Dys” is an all-the-way to-go order with double meat and that special sauciness that only Andrew Dys can cook up. It’s a high calorie, carb-loaded feast of fun and frailty that’s fine food for thought.