Amy Reed was born and raised in and around Seattle, where she attended a total of eight schools by the time she was eighteen. Constant moving taught her to be restless, and being an only child made her imagination do funny things. After a brief stint at Reed College (no relation), she moved to San Francisco and spent the next several years serving coffee and getting into trouble. She eventually graduated from film school, promptly decided she wanted nothing to do with filmmaking, returned to her original and impractical love of writing, and earned her MFA from New College of California. Amy currently lives in Oakland, California.
Her short work has been published in journals such as Kitchen Sink, Contrary, and Fiction. Her first Young Adult novel BEAUTIFUL was released in the Fall of 2009 (Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster). Her second YA novel CLEAN has been described as “The Breakfast Club in rehab,” and releases July 19, 2011.
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hey, i really love your book. it’s probably one of the best books i’ve read so far this year and i usually don’t like reading but your book caught my eye
I absolutely love your book Beautiful! I like how you word things, she express her emotions clearly but in a different way. At first I thought it would be like Crank series, but this book is way better than them. I can’t wait till Clean comes out.
Hi Mrs. Reed! I have read all your books and the exerpt from Crazy and you are my favorite author!!!! I am in love with your writing!! I have been writing one story for a little while now and iwas wondering if you had an email because i would die if you could check it out and give me feedback! I know youre probaly wayyyyy to busy but it would mean the world if you even replied to this comment! thanks you , keep writing please !!!
–Zoe (:
Hi Zoe, thanks so much! I’m so glad you like my books. Unfortunately, I am so busy I just don’t have time to read people’s stories right now. I wish you the very best of luck in your writing. I suggest finding writing groups where you can share your work with other writers and get feedback. Maybe your school or local library has something like this already, or maybe you can start your own group. Good luck, and keep writing! Love, Amy