Andrea is also a member of Class of 2K20 Books, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is Pitch Wars 20 Mentor, a 2017 Mentee. She happily traded those for works of fiction, and she still loses far too much sleep creating and enjoying a good book.Īndrea is the author of OUT OF THE FIRE, THROWAWAY GIRLS, and TELL ME NO LIES, which is scheduled to release on October 18, 2022.Īndrea 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 went on to a very successful career in Human Resources, where the only writing involved legal responses and termination letters.

After a childhood spent hiding beneath the covers to read books by flashlight, she obtained a degree in business from Michigan State University. You can find her on Twitter at Instagram at and her website at Long Bio:Īndrea Contos is an award-winning writer of young adult mysteries and thrillers. She currently lives outside the city with her family and one very fluffy dog. 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’s an ITW award winner for Best Young Adult Novel and her debut was named a Kirkus Best Books of 2020. She’s the author of TELL ME NO LIES, OUT OF THE FIRE, and THROWAWAY GIRLS. The police say there's nothing they can do, and Cass resigns herself to live in fear until she reconnects with three old friends-three girls ready to exact vengeance on those who wronged them.īut the deeper Cass digs, the more shocking the truth becomes, especially when she discovers that the person who ruined her life may be the only one who can save it.Andrea Contos is an award-winning writer of young adult mysteries and thrillers. Notes from the man she escaped, telling her that he's always there, always watching. The pink envelopes that appear in her car, her locker, her bedroom. It wasn't the kidnapping that ruined Cass Adams's life. We may be temporarily broken, but we will leave them forever charred. We'll give them back the damage they left us with, burden them with the weight of our pain. Catching each other's sparks until the flames grew, spread, raged beyond our control. A complex and captivating thriller that kept me guessing at every turn.' -Elle Cosimano, author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It 'Andrea Contos takes readers on a triumphant and terrifying journey, from fear and solitude to solidarity and vengeance.

Out of the fire by andrea contos