Andria Williams is the author of the critically acclaimed debut novel, The Longest Night, which earned starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, and was a 2016 Barnes and Noble Discover New Authors pick and an Amazon Editors' pick for Best Literature & Fiction. Williams received her MFA from the University of Minnesota, and in the years since, as part of an active-duty military family, has lived all over the United States. Andria and her family currently live in Colorado.