Andrea Portes is an American

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. Her novels include: ''Hick'', ''Bury This'', ''Anatomy of a Misfit'', ''The Fall of Butterflies'', ''This is Not a Ghost Story'', ''Liberty'', ''Henry and Eva and The Castle on the Cliff'', ''Henry and Eva and the Famous People Ghosts'' and the upcoming literary fiction novels ''A Terrible Place for Murders'' and ''They Were Like Wolves''. Portes was raised in rural

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, in a dilapidated farmhouse outside of

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. She later attended

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. After graduation, Portes moved to the neighborhood of

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in Los Angeles. She has lived ever since on the east side in Echo Park, Silver Lake and Los Feliz. In 2007, Portes published her

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''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

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premiered at the

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in 2011. Portes' second novel, ''Bury This'', was published in January 2014 by

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's imprint

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. The novel has been optioned and is currently in development. Portes' third novel,''Anatomy of a Misfit'', was published in September 2014 by

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. In July 2014, the book was optioned in a pre-emptive deal by Paramount Pictures. In winter 2015, Portes' spy series, ''Liberty'', was bought in a three-book deal by

. Twentieth Century Fox - Fox 2000 acquired the rights and will be producing with Wyck Godfrey and TEMPLE HILL. ''Liberty'', was published by

in 2017. Portes' fourth novel, ''The Fall of Butterflies'', was released in May 2016. Portes also chose

to publish ''Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff.'', The second in the series, ''Henry & Eva and the Famous People Ghosts'' was published October 2019. During the pandemic, Portes' standalone novel ''This is Not a Ghost Story'' was released to critical acclaim and immediately optioned by Stone River Pictures. The rest of the pandemic consisted of Portes writing her next two upcoming literary fiction novels: '' A Terrible Place for Murders'' and '' They Were Like Wolves.'' In 2023, with

, Portes will publish the first of a yet untitled YA Fantasy Series. Her literary fiction novel '' A Terrible Place for Murders'' has a pub date of 2024. Her next literary fiction '' They Were Like Wolves'' has a pub date of 2025.

References

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