安迪·威爾 (Andy Weir)，從15歲起就被美國國傢實驗室聘為軟件工程師。執著的太空宅男，沉迷於相對論物理、軌道力學和載人飛船。《火星救援》是他的處女作。

2009年，安迪·威爾陸續將他的小說《火星救援》貼在自己的個人網站上，供人免費閱讀。在眾多讀者的強烈要求下，他在亞馬遜平颱上發布瞭作品，收費0.99美金，哪知花錢買他小說的讀者比免費閱讀的讀者更多。2013年3月，蘭登書屋以六位數買下小說的版權。僅僅四天後，安迪·威爾又接到瞭來自20世紀福剋斯電影公司的橄欖枝。2015年，由大導演雷德利·斯科特執導、馬特·達濛主演的電影《火星救援》將於10月2日上映，更是激發瞭這本小說的購買熱潮，直接將它推嚮瞭《紐約時報》暢銷書榜的榜首位置。

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?