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Andrea Bartz in conversation with Lindsey Kelk for THE HERD

Andrea Bartz in conversation with Lindsey Kelk for THE HERD

We hosted Andrea Bartz last month to celebrate her new novel, The Herd, with author Lindsey Kelk.


Katie Bradley has just returned to New York and has her eyes on membership to The Herd, a women-only co-working space. Luckily, her sister Hana is head of the Herd’s PR and close friends with its charismatic founder Eleanor Walsh, who Katie hopes will become the subject of her next book. But when Eleanor disappears on the night of an announcement that will change the future of the Herd, everyone is a suspect. The two sisters search for answers as the perfect veneer of the Herd–and its founder–begins to crack. A fast-paced thriller packed with ambition, jealousy, and secrets, The Herd is Andrea Bartz’s second novel. She is a Brooklyn-based journalist whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Women's Health, Elle, and many other outlets. If you missed the conversation, you can watch it here.

Last month, Andrea Bartz joined us on Zoom to discuss her new novel, The Herd, with Alexandra Schwartz, a staff writer for The New Yorker. When the enigmatic...

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