--- description: Andrew McCarthy's book is about half-siblings who meet for the first time title: Andrew McCarthy, 'Pretty in Pink' Actor, to Publish YA Novel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb926c20b1b8ff681/69885cb1cd68480f230a0fd6/andrew-mccarthy.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Pretty in Pink_ Actor to Publish Young Adult Novel by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 12:07 AM CUT  Andrew McCarthy attends Disney Media Disribution International Upfronts at Walt Disney Studios on May 17, 2015 in Burbank, California. Andrew McCarthy attends Disney Media Disribution International Upfronts at Walt Disney Studios on May 17, 2015 in Burbank, California.JB Lacroix—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 12:07 AM CUT Andrew McCarthy already spoke to Generation X teens through his roles in Brat Pack movies like _Pretty in Pink_ and _St. Elmo’s Fire_. Now, he’ll speak to Generation Z as an author. The actor-cum-writer is publishing a young adult novel set for release in spring 2017. McCarthy’s novel, _Just Fly Away_, is about a 15-year-old girl in New Jersey who meets her half-brother for the first time, never having known that he existed—and lived in the same town. It will be published by Algonquin Young Readers, the L.A. _Times_ reports. This is McCarthy’s second book, following his 2012 memoir, [_The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451667507/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"). He has worked as a travel writer and is an editor-at-large at _National Geographic Traveler_. He continues to act, and will appear in the _The Family_ on ABC this fall. He has also recently directed episodes of _Orange Is the New Black,_ _Grace and Frankie_ and _The Blacklist_. \[[_L.A. Times_](http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-andrew-mccarthy-fiction-debut-20150727-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974219/andrew-mccarthy-ya-novel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974219/andrew-mccarthy-ya-novel/"},"headline":"Pretty in Pink Actor to Publish Young Adult Novel","datePublished":"2015-07-28T00:07:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:38:19.816Z","description":"Andrew McCarthy's book is about half-siblings who meet for the first time","url":"https://time.com/3974219/andrew-mccarthy-ya-novel/","keywords":["Books","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb926c20b1b8ff681/69885cb1cd68480f230a0fd6/andrew-mccarthy.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb926c20b1b8ff681/69885cb1cd68480f230a0fd6/andrew-mccarthy.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Disney Media Distribution International Upfronts","caption":"Disney Media Distribution International Upfronts","creditText":"JB Lacroix—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974219/andrew-mccarthy-ya-novel/","name":"Pretty in Pink Actor to Publish Young Adult Novel"}}]}] ```