Andrea Pyros is the author of the middle-grade novels MY YEAR OF EPIC ROCK and PINK HAIR AND OTHER TERRIBLE IDEAS. She is an experienced writer and editor who has worked extensively for both print and online publications. With particular expertise writing for teens and young women, Andrea covers topics pertaining to health and nutrition, pop culture and entertainment, beauty and fashion, and relationships.

She’s held senior-level positions at such major media companies as Ziff Davis, CondeNast, G&J USA, and Bauer Publications, and her freelance articles have appeared in Bustle, Romper, Fitness, Gannett, Rosie Magazine Online, LifetimeTV.com, MSNBC.com, The Mary-Kate and Ashley website, Twist, Bust and elsewhere. Andrea also does copywriting for clients such as Hachette, Omega Institute, and more.

Though she certainly doesn’t claim to have invented the Internet, she and three friends did launch one of the first websites to speak to 20-something women in the 1990s: GIRLS ON FILM. GIRLS ON FILM received attention from Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The New York Times and others, and led to the publication of the GIRLS ON FILM book, published by HarperCollins.

Andrea earned her undergraduate degree at Vassar College and her master’s from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, where she specialized in emerging media. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her husband, their two children, and their dog, Rye.

For Andrea’s professional resume, please connect with her on LinkedIn.