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Andrea Contos

Andrea Contos

Andrea Contos writes young-adult mysteries and thrillers centered on complicated girls confronting violence, institutional failure, and unequal power. Her work pairs fast-moving plots and earned twists with questions about agency, anger, friendship, privilege, and who is allowed to seek justice.

Photo: Jessica Robertson · Source: Media Kit — Andrea Contos official website ↗

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Out of the Fire

2021 · Mystery & Thriller

2 editions: Print · 2021 | eBook · 2021

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"Andrea Contos takes readers on a triumphant and terrifying journey, from fear and solitude to solidarity and vengeance. A complex and captivating thriller that kept me guessing at every turn." --Elle Cosimano, author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It We were like fire, the four of us. Catching each other's sparks until the flames grew, spread, raged beyond our control. We'll give them back the damage they left us with, burden them with the weight of our pain. We may be temporarily broken, but we will leave them forever charred. Ashes to ashes. It wasn't the kidnapping that ruined Cass Adams's life. It was the letters that came after. The pink envelopes that appear in her car, her locker, her bedroom. Notes from the man she escaped, telling her that he's always there, always watching. And that someday, he'll be back for her. 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. But 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.

Print · Scholastic Inc. · 2021 · English

eBook · Scholastic Inc. · 2021 · English

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More About Andrea Contos

Andrea Contos grew up in Detroit, earned a business degree from Michigan State University, and worked in human resources before turning to fiction. Her official media kit identifies her as a writer of young-adult mysteries and thrillers and lists three novels: Throwaway Girls, Out of the Fire, and Tell Me No Lies.

Contos has described stumbling into crime writing after earlier fantasy manuscripts repeatedly developed mystery elements. Her father, a Detroit police detective, contributed investigative knowledge to her research, while her own process emphasizes linear drafting, character depth, and the careful balance required to make a twist surprising but earned.

Across her fiction, Contos returns to girls whose anger, knowledge, and agency are discounted by unequal systems. She has said that Out of the Fire was designed to challenge stories in which women's trauma primarily motivates male characters, while a podcast conversation about her wider work connects that concern to feminism, empathy, and the power of teenage girls to raise their voices.

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  1. Andrea Contos — official website ↗
  2. Up Close: Andrea Contos — The Big Thrill ↗
  3. Redefining Strong Female Protagonists with Andrea Contos — Troped Out ↗
  4. Tell Me No Lies — Kirkus Reviews ↗
  5. Out of the Fire — Kirkus Reviews ↗
  6. Past Nominees and Winners — International Thriller Writers ↗
  7. Throwaway Girls — CM: Canadian Review of Materials ↗
  8. Scholastic Hardcover and Paperback Books Fall 2022 ↗
  9. Media Kit — Andrea Contos official website ↗
  10. Histórias e Contos Infantis ↗
  11. Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos ↗
  12. Contos Iluminados de Yoga Talks - por Andrea Ratto ↗
  13. Tell Me No Lies -- Andrea Contos ↗
  14. Andrea Contos — selected portrait asset ↗