Andrea Bartz

Andrea Bartz is a journalist and New York Times bestselling author known for thrillers such as "We Were Never Here," a Reese's Book Club pick, as well as "The Spare Room," "The Lost Night," "The Herd," and "The Last Ferry Out." Bartz's novels have been optioned by Netflix, Hulu, and other production companies, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide. Before focusing on fiction, Bartz's journalism appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, and other major publications. She also held editorial roles at Glamour, Psychology Today, and Self.

Bartz entered the thriller genre with her debut, "The Lost Night," which was recognized as one of the best books of the year by Library Journal, BuzzFeed, and Glamour. The novel follows a woman's investigation into her friend's decade-old suicide, blending nostalgia with a complex mystery that explores unreliable memory and the use of old technology. "The Lost Night" became an LA Times bestseller, and her second novel, "The Herd," was named a best book of the year by Marie Claire, CrimeReads, Good Housekeeping, and other outlets.

Drawing on her experience as a travel writer, Bartz addressed themes of women's safety and power dynamics in "We Were Never Here." The novel, which became an instant New York Times bestseller, centers on two friends entangled in a murder they claim was self-defense. "We Were Never Here" was selected for Reese's Book Club and the Marie Claire Book Club and is being adapted into a feature film by Netflix. Bartz's subsequent thriller, "The Spare Room," was recognized as a GMA Bonus Buzz Pick and highlighted as a best book of summer by People, Shondaland, Glamour, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar.

Bartz was a lead plaintiff in Bartz v. Anthropic, a class-action lawsuit against an AI company for using pirated copies of writers' works to train its chatbot, resulting in a $1.5 billion copyright settlement. This case marked a significant legal milestone for writers and creatives in the context of artificial intelligence and copyright law. Bartz now speaks and writes about issues related to AI, including AI plagiarism, the development of general artificial intelligence, and the impact of AI on trust within the publishing industry.