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Amy Tintera

Amy Tintera
Tintera in 2025 at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Tintera in 2025 at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Born
Austin, Texas, USA
Alma mater
Website
amytintera.com

Amy Tintera is an American author of adult and young adult fiction. She is the author of the young adult novel The Q (2022), as well as the Reboot duology (Reboot, 2013 and Rebel, 2014), Ruined trilogy (Ruined, 2016; Avenged, 2017; and Allied, 2019) These Monsters duology (All These Monsters, 2020 and All These Warriors, 2021). She published her debut adult mystery novel, Listen for the Lie, in 2024.

Tintera was raised in Austin, Texas.[1] She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University,[2][non-primary source needed] followed by a master's degree in media arts and screenwriting from Emerson College.[1] As of 2026, she lives in Los Angeles.[2][non-primary source needed]

Career

Tintera started her writing career publishing young adult dystopian novels. She published her debut novel, Reboot, with HarperTeen in 2013.[3][4] The novel became the first in the Reboot duology, followed by Rebel, published by HarperTeen in 2014.[5] In 2012, Fox 2000 purchased rights to adapt Reboot into a film.[1][6]

Tintera followed the Reboot duology with the Ruined trilogy, a series of fantasy novels published by HarperTeen, starting with Ruined in 2016,[7][8] followed by Avenged in 2017,[9][10] then concluding with Allied in 2019.

The Monsters duology started with All These Monsters, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2020,[11][12][13] followed by All These Warriors in 2021.[14][15] In 2021, the Young Adult Library Services Association named All These Monsters on their list of the year's Best Fiction for Young Adults.[16]

In 2022, Tintera published her first standalone novel, The Q, with Crown.[17][18] The novel was a finalist for the 2023 Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Fiction.[19]

In 2024, she published her first adult novel, Listen for the Lie, a mystery, with Celadon Books.[20][21][22] The novel, which uses a podcasting format to unravel a murder mystery,[23] won the California Independent Booksellers Alliance's Golden Poppy Award for Mystery,[24] and was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller.[25] In 2025, was also a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Mystery[26] and shortlisted for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.[27] Amazon and The Washington Post named it one of the best thrillers of the year,[28][29] and NPR included it on their annual list of "Books We Love".[30] The Listen for the Lie audiobook is narrated by American actress January LaVoy and Will Damron.[31] In 2024, Booklist named the audiobook one of the year's top 10 mysteries and thrillers on audio,[32] and it was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Readers' Favorite Audiobook.[25] In 2025, it won the Audie Award for Mystery.[33]

Publications

Adult novels

  • Listen for the Lie. Audiobook narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron. Celadon Books. 2024. ISBN 978-1-250-88031-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Young adult novels

References

  1. ^ a b c Deahl, Rachel (February 28, 2012). "Former Hollywood Assistant Closes Major YA Book, Film Deal". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  2. ^ a b "About". Amy Tintera. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  3. ^ "Reboot". Kirkus Reviews. May 7, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  4. ^ "Reboot". Booklist. May 1, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  5. ^ "Rebel". Kirkus Reviews. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (February 11, 2012). "Fox 2000 gets 'Reboot'". Variety. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  7. ^ "Ruined". Booklist. April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  8. ^ "Ruined". Kirkus Reviews. January 19, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  9. ^ "Avenged". Kirkus Reviews. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  10. ^ "Avenged". Booklist. April 1, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  11. ^ "All These Monsters". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  12. ^ "All These Monsters by Amy Tintera". Publishers Weekly. May 28, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  13. ^ "All These Monsters". Booklist. May 1, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  14. ^ "All These Warriors". Kirkus Reviews. May 16, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  15. ^ "All These Warriors". Booklist. July 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  16. ^ "Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2021". Booklist. March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  17. ^ "The Q". Kirkus Reviews. September 13, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  18. ^ "The Q". Booklist. November 1, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  19. ^ "2023 Cybils Awards Winners". Locus Online. February 16, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  20. ^ "Listen for the Lie". Kirkus Reviews. December 16, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  21. ^ "Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera". Publishers Weekly. December 19, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  22. ^ "Listen for the Lie". Booklist. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  23. ^ Egan, Elisabeth (March 21, 2024). "Amy Tintera Adds a Different Note to the True Crime Podcast Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  24. ^ "Awards: CALIBA's Golden Poppy Winners". Shelf Awareness. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  25. ^ a b "Listen for the Lie". Goodreads. Archived from the original on January 11, 2026. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  26. ^ "2025 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists". Locus Online. March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  27. ^ MWA (March 1, 2025). "MWA Announces the 2025 Edgar Award Nominations". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  28. ^ "Amazon Best Books of 2024". Locus Online. February 10, 2025. Archived from the original on February 11, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  29. ^ "The 10 best thrillers of 2024". The Washington Post. November 20, 2024. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  30. ^ "Books We Love". NPR. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  31. ^ Muratova, Kira (May 1, 2024). "Listen for the Lie (audiobook)". Booklist. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  32. ^ Booth, Heather (May 1, 2024). "Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers on Audio: 2024". Booklist. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  33. ^ Schaub, Michael (March 5, 2025). "Streisand Audiobook Wins Top Prize at Audie Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  34. ^ "Reboot by Amy Tintera". Publishers Weekly. May 13, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  35. ^ "The Q by Amy Tintera". Publishers Weekly. October 6, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2026.

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