Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. His primary occupation, however, has always been geeing out, and he eventually threw aside those other promising career paths to express his love of pop culture full time as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. His 2009 film Fan boys, much to his surprise, became a cult phenomenon. These days Ernie lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, their daughter, and a large collection of classic video games.