13 Facts About Andrew Gross

Andrew Gross was born on 1952 and is an American author of thriller novels, including four New York Times bestsellers.

Andrew Gross is best known for his collaborations with suspense writer James Patterson.

Andrew Gross grew up in Manhattan and attended the Barnard School for Boys.

Andrew Gross received a degree in English from Middlebury College in 1974.

Andrew Gross eventually went back to work for his family's publicly held apparel firm, the Leslie Fay Companies.

In 1984, Andrew Gross took over Head NV Sportswear, the struggling arm of the iconic ski and tennis brand, and by 1989, had repositioned it into the number one upscale producer of tennis and ski apparel in the United States and a thriving brand in Europe as well, before leaving for a larger role at Leslie Fay.

Andrew Gross attended the Writers Program at the University of Iowa.

Andrew Gross took three years to finish a draft of his first book, Hydra, a political thriller.

Andrew Gross worked with Patterson on several books in this series, including Second Chance and Third Degree, both of which went to Number One.

In 2006, Andrew Gross left Patterson and pursued a solo writing career.

In 2011, Andrew Gross departed from Ty Hauck, writing Eyes Wide Open, which builds on two personal stories from his own past.

January 2014, Andrew Gross decided to bring back Ty Hauck and started writing One Mile Under in 2015.

Andrew Gross followed it with The One Man, a World War II thriller, in 2016.