Thea Weiss

Thea Weiss is the author of The Second Chance Cinema (Atria), a debut novel that blends nostalgia, flawed characters, and a touch of magic. Before turning to fiction, she spent a decade as a copywriter and scriptwriter—and before that, she was a vegetarian kid writing puppet shows in the back of a Chicago steakhouse where her mom sang in the lounge. Thea lives with her family and a longhaired dachshund in a mid-century ranch, where she’s usually rewatching Nora Ephron movies or avoiding mushrooms.