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Andrea Ball (born April 26, 1993), is an American Author and Entrepreneur. She published her first book Seek God November 13, 2016. In January 2018 she launched Dope Reads, a literary powerhouse that houses vlogs, literary events and author development.

Andrea is originally from Hobson City, Alabama. She attended and graduated from Oxford City Schools in 2011. After high school, Andrea attended a number of colleges including Gadsden State Community College, Jacksonville State University and the University of Alabama at Huntsville before deciding that college was not for her. She began working in the medical field at the age of 14 volunteering and interning until she was able to become certified as a nurses' assistant. Throughout her career she has worked in long term care, rehab, Alzheimer's unit, general medicine and nephrology. Her time in health care helped her to discover her love of people.

Since a child, Andrea always loved reading. Some of her favorite books were The Series of Unfortunate Events, The Box Car Children and books from Mildred Taylor. As an adult, Andrea reignited her love for reading. She was constantly in Books A Million or the public library.

In 2015, Andrea decided to try her hand at writing. She published her first book in fall of 2016. In 2017 she began coordinating and hosting events. Her first event was Huntsville Writes, a showcase for authors in Huntsville Alabama. The event was a success with 7 featured authors and live musical performance from pop artist Remy Neal. Since then, Andrea has gone on to launch Book Lovers Weekend.