Media Kit

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Cover courtesy of Maeve Norton

Cover Courtesy of Maeve Norton

Cover courtesy of Maeve Norton

Short Bio:

Andrea Contos is an award-winning writer of young adult mysteries and thrillers. She’s the author of TELL ME NO LIES, OUT OF THE FIRE, and THROWAWAY GIRLS. She’s an ITW award winner for Best Young Adult Novel and her debut was named a Kirkus Best Books of 2020. She grew up in Detroit, and thanks to the tours given by her policeman father, she can tell you exactly where the morgue is. She currently lives outside the city with her family and one very fluffy dog. You can find her on Twitter at @Andrea_Contos, Instagram at @andreaacontos, and her website at www.andreacontos.com

Long Bio:

Andrea Contos is an award-winning writer of young adult mysteries and thrillers. After a childhood spent hiding beneath the covers to read books by flashlight, she obtained a degree in business from Michigan State University. She went on to a very successful career in Human Resources, where the only writing involved legal responses and termination letters. She happily traded those for works of fiction, and she still loses far too much sleep creating and enjoying a good book.

Andrea is the author of OUT OF THE FIRE, THROWAWAY GIRLS, and TELL ME NO LIES, which is scheduled to release on October 18, 2022.

Andrea is an ITW (International Thriller Writers) Award winner for Best Young Adult Novel, and her debut was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2021. She is Pitch Wars 2018 and 2019 Mentor, a 2017 Mentee. Andrea is also a member of Class of 2K20 Books, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

She grew up in Detroit, and thanks to the tours given by her policeman father, she can tell you exactly where the morgue is. She currently lives outside the city with her family and one very fluffy dog.

Andrea is represented by Chelsea Eberly of The Greenhouse Literary Agency.

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“This haunting debut infused with social commentary on privilege and power is one that readers looking for suspense will enjoy. The author uses the relationships between characters, the second narrator shrouded in mystery, and the overall sinister, menacing tone to create a captivating tension that will keep readers going until the end.

A smart, memorable mystery.”

— KIRKUS -- STARRED REVIEW

"Andrea Contos takes readers on a triumphant and terrifying journey, from fear and solitude to solidarity and vengeance. OUT OF THE FIRE is a complex and captivating thriller that kept me guessing at every turn."

–ELLE COSIMANO, AUTHOR OF FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT

"There is something about the way Contos draws her characters that gets right under the skin of what it means to be a girl today--the performance the outside world demands, and the dark, secret corners of their true hearts. I could never predict where the story was going, but I knew one thing for sure: I wanted those girls to burn their world to the ground."

- KYLIE SCHACHTE, AUTHOR OF YOU’RE NEXT

“An extraordinary debut, THROWAWAY GIRLS brings to mind Kara Thomas’s and Megan Miranda’s brand of dark contemporary thrillers, with a resourceful, unapologetically defiant voice, a skillfully crafted mystery, and stunningly powerful prose. Taut, poignant, and utterly cinematic, I couldn’t put this book down.”

— ELLE COSIMANO, EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE AND INTERNATIONAL THRILLER AWARD NOMINEE, AND AUTHOR OF NEARLY GONE, HOLDING SMOKE AND SEASONS OF THE STORM

"One my favorites of the year!"

--KARA THOMAS, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DARKEST CORNERS

Chilling and utterly original, OUT OF THE FIRE is a fierce, hold-no-punches revenge tale as only Andrea Contos could tell it.

— KIT FRICK, AUTHOR OF I KILLED ZOE SPANOS

“Atmospheric and haunting, Throwaway Girls is a missing girl mystery with a fierce social conscious and writing so lush, it will leave you gasping for air.”

— KIT FRICK, AUTHOR OF SEE ALL THE STARS, ALL EYES ON US, AND I KILLED ZOE SPANOS

“Throwaway Girls made my heart pound and break at the same time. I couldn’t put it down!”

— AMANDA PANITCH, AUTHOR OF DAMAGE DONE AND NEVER MISSING, NEVER FOUND

“An atmospheric, beautifully written debut, THROWAWAY GIRLS keeps the reader in suspense til its final page, while also deftly tackling serious topics. Contos is a writer to watch. Put THROWAWAY GIRLS on your 2020 must read list. You do not want to miss it!”

— LIZ LAWSON, AUTHOR OF THE LUCKY ONES