Author bio: 

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Amy Tintera is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of

Listen for the Lie, as well as several novels for teens. Listen for the Lie, her first novel for adults, was a Good Morning America Book Club pick, the winner of the Audie Award for Best Mystery Audiobook, and a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the ITW Best Audiobook Award, Book of the Month's Book of the Year Award, and the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery/Thriller and Best Audiobook. Listen for the Lie has been translated into over twenty languages. 

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Before becoming an author, Amy worked as a talent agency assistant in Hollywood. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas A&M and a master’s degree in media arts/screenwriting from Emerson College.

 

Raised in Austin, Texas, she frequently sets her novels in the Lone Star state, but now lives in Los Angeles, where there's far less humidity, but not nearly enough Tex-Mex.