Andrea Seigel (born October 28, 1979) is an American

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and

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. To date, she has published four novels. Seigel was born in

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, and grew up in

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. She graduated from Woodbridge High School. She then attended Brown University, and received her MFA from

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. In 2010, her third young adult novel, ''The Kid Table'' was optioned by producer

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for

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. In March 2013, Seigel appeared on the public radio program ''

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''. On the program she revealed that she has

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, a perceptual phenomenon that produces tingling in the scalp in response to soft or gentle sounds and motions. In June 2013, production was completed on ''

Laggies ''Laggies'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Say When'') is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Andrea Seigel. It stars Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, ...

'', a movie written by Seigel. The film was directed by Lynn Shelton and stars

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, Chloë Grace Moretz,

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and

Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in independent films and also as a character actor portraying a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic in films such as ''Lawn Dogs'' (19 ...

. The film was released in 2014. In May 2015, Andrea became the subject of the podcast, Mystery Show by Gimlet media. The podcast followed the discovery that Britney Spears was reading her little known book, To Feel Stuff.

Novels

* ''Like the Red Panda'' (2004) * ''To Feel Stuff'' (2006) * ''The Kid Table'' (2010) * ''Everybody Knows Your Name'' (2015) co-written with Brent Bradshaw

Filmography

* ''

'' (2014) * '' Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie'' (2017) * '' The Silent Twins'' (2022)

References

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