Authors
Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe is
the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer
blog What If? Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and grew up outside
Richmond. After graduating with a degree in physics from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, he got a job building robots at NASA’s Langley Research Center. In 2006 he left
NASA to draw comics on the Internet full time, supporting himself through the
sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books. He likes candlelight dinners
and long walks on the beach—very long walks. Lots of people say they like long
walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach, and after just an hour
or two, they say they’re getting tired. Bring a tent. He lives in
Massachusetts.