Andrew Garrett grew up in rural and not-so-rural parts of Oklahoma, and is of Irish, English, and Native American descent. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa) and Oklahoma City University, he beat his head against the brick wall of science for a while before giving in and “coming home” to English. A bout with Ewing's Sarcoma bone cancer in 1999 made him rethink his priorities; he and his new bride packed up and transplanted themselves to the Greater Los Angeles area. He has mostly worked in the video game industry for the last decade (and has most recently followed it to Las Vegas)--he plies his trade by day and tries his plays by night.