Andrea Seigel

{{short description|American novelist and screenwriter (born 1979)}}

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| name = Andrea Seigel

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|28|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.

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• Novelist
• screenwriter
• ASMRtist

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| education = Anaheim
Bennington College (MFA)

| period = 2002–present

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| website = {{URL|andreaseigel.com}}

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Andrea Seigel (born October 28, 1979) is an American novelist and screenwriter. To date, she has published four novels.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/06/RVGNDK8OIM1.DTL&type=books|title=Ghostly post-teen angst in the campus infirmary|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-03-22}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/05/27/actors_compete_viewers_win/|title=Actors compete; viewers win|last=Taylor|first=Denise|date=2004-05-27|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-03-22}}[http://www.bloomsburykids.com/books/catalog/kid_table_hc_801 Bloomsbury Kids] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708073429/http://www.bloomsburykids.com/books/catalog/kid_table_hc_801 |date=July 8, 2011 }} Seigel was born in Anaheim, California, and grew up in Irvine, California. She graduated from Woodbridge High School. She then attended Brown University, and received her MFA from Bennington College in Vermont.

In 2010, her third young adult novel, The Kid Table was optioned by producer Ivan Reitman for Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2010/08/18/reitman-to-take-a-seat-at-the-kids-table/|title=Entertainment, Movie & TV News - Moviefone.com|website=Moviefone}}

In March 2013, Seigel appeared on the public radio program This American Life. On the program she revealed that she has ASMR, a perceptual phenomenon that produces tingling in the scalp in response to soft or gentle sounds and motions.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/491/tribes|title=Tribes - This American Life|date=2013-03-29|work=This American Life|access-date=2018-03-22}}

In June 2013, production was completed on Laggies, a movie written by Seigel. The film was directed by Lynn Shelton and stars Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ellie Kemper and Sam Rockwell. The film was released in 2014.{{Citation|last=Shelton|first=Lynn|title=Laggies|date=2014-10-24|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034031/|others=Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell|accessdate=2018-03-22}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/longtime-tv-regulars-face-uncertain-job-market-1200498284/|title=Longtime TV Regulars Face Uncertain Job Market|last=Young|first=Susan|date=2013-06-18|work=Variety|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US}}

In May 2015, Andrea became the subject of the podcast, Mystery Show{{Cite web |url=http://gimletmedia.com/2015/05/case-2-britney/ |title=Case #2: Britney — Mystery Show — Gimlet Media |access-date=2015-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615071046/http://gimletmedia.com/2015/05/case-2-britney/ |archive-date=2015-06-15 |url-status=dead }} by Gimlet media. The podcast followed the discovery that Britney Spears was reading her little known book, To Feel Stuff.{{Cite web|url=http://www.andreaseigel.com/tofeelstuff.html|title=To Feel Stuff|website=www.andreaseigel.com|access-date=2018-03-22}}