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Win exclusive prizes from your favorite authors!

Ever dreamed of scoring personalized career advice from Deep Work author Cal Newport? How about receiving a personal shoutout on Susan Orlean’s Twitter feed, getting a one-on-one writing consultation from Roxane Gay, commissioning the copyediting services of legendary Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer, or owning exclusive process notes from Jennifer Egan’s The Candy House?

These prizes and more, donated by authors, agents, and other publishing professionals, are up for grabs for a great cause — and the auction ends at 9pm ET tonight, 9/26!

Authors for Voices of Color is an online auction raising money for racial justice in publishing. I had the idea for the fundraiser back in June 2020, and the first auction raised more than $14,000 for vetted non-profits. Last year we cleared $23,000, and I'm so excited for the auction's third run, with close to 100 authors and publishing professionals on board!

I'm offering a signed UK edition of We Were Never Here with a never-before-seen version of the first chapter. I'll even reveal my interpretation of that controversial ending! You can bid directly here.

After you bid on mine, check out some of the other inspiring offerings from Emma Straub (All Adults Here), Caroline Kepnes (YOU), Jia Tolentino (Trick Mirror), Samantha Irby (Wow, No Thank You), Susan Orlean (On Animals), Phoebe Robinson (Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes), Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive), Jennifer Egan (The Candy House), and many more! Proceeds go to programs at We Need Diverse Books that diversify the publishing industry from within.

We Were Never Here is in paperback — with exclusive bonus content!

Big news—the paperback of We Were Never Here is officially out in the world! It's got a brand new book club guide, an exclusive bonus chapter from "Kremily's" adventures, and—my personal favorite—a sneak peek of my next thriller, which will be out in summer 2023! I hope you love the paperback edition as much as I do; you can snag a copy here. In equally thrilling news, People.com ran a feature about the Netflix adaptation of We Were Never Here, the real-life inspiration for the book, and what's cooking for Book #4. Read it here!

The Lost Night is on sale!

For a limited time, The Lost Night, my murder-mystery set in the warehouse parties of circa-2009 Brooklyn, is sub-$3! It’s about a woman uncovering the dark truth about what really happened the night she blacked out and her best friend Edie died, and it was named a best book of 2019 by Glamour, Buzzfeed, Marie Claire, Booklist, Library Journal, CrimeReads, and more. If you enjoyed We Were Never Here, I think you'll dig it! You can buy it on Kindle here, or head here for links to other e-readers. Hope you love it!

Win 6 of summer's hottest thrillers!

Friends! You like tales of twisted sisterhoods, right? Now you can win 6 of summer's hottest feminist suspense novels, as featured in Publishers Weekly—including my forthcoming thriller, WE WERE NEVER HERE. US only, contest ends 5/26. Click here to enter! 

Giveaway of WE WERE NEVER HERE!

My publisher is giving away 15 free early copies of my next thriller, We Were Never Here, which comes out in July! It's about two globe-trotting best friends who kill a backpacker in self-defense during their travels, and Publishers Weekly calls it "riveting." If you love psychological suspense and free things, I hope you'll check it out! Click here to enter!

The Herd is out in paperback!

Hello, friends! I'm so excited to share that The Herd is now available in paperback. You can pick up a copy here! I’m celebrating with this snazzy #bookface filter I made…and a giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a signed paperback of The Herd, a mystery set in an exclusive all-female coworking space (and one of the best books of the year, according to Real Simple, Marie Claire, CrimeReads, and others), and a signed advance copy of We Were Never Here, a thriller about two globetrotting best friends who kill a backpacker during their travels, which comes out in July.

To enter, head to Instagram and use the filter to create your own post or story (instructions there, and I'm linking to IG in a comment here). Instagram's not your jam? Peep the comments to use the filter on Facebook mobile. Share your post or Story and tag me! You can get additional entries by sharing here on Facebook and on Twitter (tag @andibartz), too! Enter by 12:59 pm ET on Friday, March 26. US only. Can't wait to see YOU on the cover!



 

Get a free critique of your writing!

Want to polish up your manuscript's opening and help Georgia ensure a fair runoff? I’m thrilled to be joining #WritetheRunoffGA to offer FREE critiques of 10 manuscript pages to people who donate $30 or more to Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams' Georgia-based voting rights organization. To claim your manuscript critique, send your receipt to WritetheRunoffGA@gmail.com. You'll be matched with a published author for a careful edit of ten pages. There are 100 manuscript critiques up for grabs compliments of 47 participating authors, including bestsellers Julia Phillips, Kellye Garrett, Kimberly Belle, Caroline Leavitt, Wendy Walker, and more. Donate to secure one before they run out at GASenate.com!

Preorder my latest—and win my first two thrillers!

Hi! I'm super excited to share to share the cover & synopsis for WE WERE NEVER HERE, out in July! It's about two BFFs whose friendship is stretched to the limit after they kill a backpacker in self-defense. This is my favorite book I’ve worked on yet—dark, twisted, and character-driven—and I hope you love it as much as I do. You can read about it and see preorder links here. Might I suggest preordering from an indie bookstore? This Twitter thread (by me!) explains why it's one of the most impactful ways you can support an author. Do you have a go-to independent bookseller? If not, Bookshop.org is a great option! 

I'm also thrilled to be hosting a giveaway. THREE lucky winners signed first-edition hardcovers of THE LOST NIGHT and THE HERD on Instagram. Head here to enter by Friday!

Win exclusive prizes from your favorite authors!

I couldn't be prouder to tell you about Authors for Black Voices, an online silent auction raising money for racial justice non-profits in the publishing, education, and literacy arenas. It's running online until the end of August, and it's been a labor of love to take it from a little idea I had in June to a full-fledged fundraiser! I'm offering signed copies of The Herd and The Lost Night plus an exclusive, never-before-seen alternate ending for each. You can bid directly here!

After you bid on mine, check out some of the other inspiring offerings from Zakiya Dalila Harris (The Other Black Girl), Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians), Caroline Kepnes (YOU), Susan Orlean (The Library Book), Jia Tolentino (Trick Mirror), Jonathan Abrams (All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire), Kellye Garrett (Hollywood Homicide), Benjamin Dreyer (Dreyer's English), Heather Havrilesky (What If This Were Enough?), Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive), Rachel Howzell Hall (They All Fall Down), Jill Santopolo (The Light We Lost), and many more!

The Herd is out, and you're invited to my launch events!

Hope this finds you safe, well, and engaged. The Herd (my thriller set in an all-female coworking space) is out now, and while my book tour was canceled, I'm doing virtual events all week long! Check AndreaBartz.com/events for details and links, and if you're looking for a slick, page-turning mystery with nothing but stellar reviews, please consider ordering The Herd (most indie bookstores will ship it directly to your door). Thanks so much, and sending love!