# Andrea Bartz

Writer. TIME100 AI 2026, Shapers. A thriller novelist who was a lead plaintiff in the authors' suit over pirated books that Anthropic agreed to settle for $1.5 billion. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bartz))

- Born: Brookfield, Wisconsin, U.S. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bartz), [wpr.org](https://www.wpr.org/news/meet-sisters-wisconsin-rule-thriller-novel-genre-andrea-julia-bartz))
- Education: BSJ, Journalism, Northwestern University, 2008; MSJ, Magazine journalism, Northwestern University, 2008 ([magazine.medill.northwestern.edu](https://magazine.medill.northwestern.edu/2020/the-herd/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-bartz))
- Career: mindbodygreen (Freelance features editor, 2016); Hearst (Freelance senior editor, 2015); American Media (Deputy editor, Fit Pregnancy & Natural Health, 2013–2015); Condé Nast (Senior editor, Glamour, 2008–2013); Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (Senior health editor, Whole Living, 2012); CNN (Contributing Netiquette columnist, 2010–2012); Psychology Today (Senior news editor, 2010–2011); Stuff Hipsters Hate (Cofounder and coauthor, 2009–2010); Shepherd Express (Contributing writer, 2005–2006) ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-bartz), [andreabartz.com](https://www.andreabartz.com/about))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/andrea-bartz/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/andrea-bartz

- Lead plaintiff in Bartz v. Anthropic, which ended in a $1.5 billion settlement with authors over pirated books used to train AI. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bartz))
- Says being alphabetically first of three plaintiffs is why her name became shorthand for the case: 'the privilege and the tax.' ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/andrea-bartz/))
- Co-created the Tumblr and book Stuff Hipsters Hate in 2009, while an editorial assistant at SELF. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-bartz))
- Spent a decade as a magazine editor at places like Glamour, Psychology Today and SELF before her first thriller came out in 2019. ([andreabartz.com](https://www.andreabartz.com/about))
- Her thrillers have sold more than half a million copies, and We Were Never Here was a Reese's Book Club pick now headed to Netflix. ([andreabartz.com](https://www.andreabartz.com/about))
- Her next novel, an AI tech thriller called Delete Your Account, is due in May 2027. ([andreabartz.com](https://www.andreabartz.com/about))