Andrea Portes

Andrea Portes is a bestselling American novelist. Her novels include: Hick, Bury This, Anatomy of a Misfit, The Fall of Butterflies, Liberty, Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff, Henry & Eva and the Famous People Ghosts, This is Not a Ghost Story and the upcoming Creeping Beauty series, as well as the upcoming A Terrible Place For Murders. Portes was raised on a farm in Nebraska, outside of Lincoln. She later attended Bryn Mawr College. After graduation, Portes moved to the neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles. In 2007, Portes published her debut novel Hick, which was an instant best seller. After the book's success, the movie adaptation of Hick went into production in 2011. The film, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Redmayne, Juliette Lewis and Blake Lively premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. Portes' second novel, Bury This, was published in January 2014 by Counterpoint Press's imprint Soft Skull Press to critical acclaim, deemed "exquisite" by the New York Times. Portes' third novel, the critically lauded Anatomy of a Misfit, called "perfection in book form" by Vogue, was published in September 2014 by HarperCollins. In July 2014, the book was optioned in a seven-figure preemptive deal by Paramount Pictures, with Allison Shearmur producing. Andrea's fourth novel, The Fall of Butterflies, was released to critical acclaim in May 2016. Portes' fifth novel, Liberty, was bought in a three-book deal by HarperCollins in 2016. Twentieth Century Fox - Fox 2000 acquired the rights, with producer Wyck Godfrey- Temple Hill. Portes also chose HarperCollins to publish the Henry & Eva gothic middle reader series. HarperCollins will be publishing her Creeping Beauty series, the first volume pub date is set for Fall of 2021. Upcoming literary fiction novels from Portes include: A Terrible Place for Murders and They Were Like Wolves. Bury This, is in development with Amber Sealey attached to direct, Matt Miller producing and Stone River Productions. Portes' has an untitled TV series in development with Stephen Meinen at Story Collective.