Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American journalist who writes feature articles for San Francisco and contributes to Medium.

[3] He is the author of Bots: The Origin of New Species, which The New York Times called a "playful social history of the internet".

[4] According to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, also writing in the Times, the book is "deceptively profound".

[5] For six years[6] as a financial analyst for Salon.com,[7] Leonard wrote a blog, How the World Works, covering topics such as speculation in the car market,[8] the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act,[9] and immigration reform.

[10] Currently he is the writer of the popular newsletter titled, "The Cleaver and the Butterfly".