John Williams Andrews (November 10, 1898 – March 18, 1975) was a journalist, public relations professional, poet and author of non-fiction. Andrews was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1898, to Evangeline Holcombe Walker and noted historian Charles McLean Andrews. During his journalistic career he worked for Chung Mei in China before joining the Connecticut-based New Haven Journal-Courier. After Yale Law School and acceptance to the New York State bar, he began practicing with the law firm Root, Clark Buckner & Ballentine before leaving to write History of the founding of Wolf's Head, and then became involved in the publication of poetry journals. In 1936, he wrote Prelude to 'Icaros', designed as the introduction to an epic about Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.