Amy Reed Fiction

YA Author of The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World, Our Stories, Our Voices, The Nowhere Girls and other books.

Upcoming Events in North Carolina; AWP in Tampa, FL; NESCWBI in Springfield, MA

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It’s going to be a busy Spring! I have a new book due to my editor March 1, and then I’m doing a ton of events all over the South and Northeast. Hope to see you!

Friday, March 2, 2018
Quail Ridge Books
Author Panel with Amber Smith and Brenda Rufener
7:00-8:30 p.m. – North Hills, 4209 -100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh NC 27609

March 7-10, 2018
AWP 2018 Annual Conference
Tampa Convention Center & Marriott Tampa Waterside, Tampa, Florida

Thursday, March 8, 2018
From Best Friends Forever to Toxic Bonds: Digging Deep into Complex Female Friendships in Young Adult Literature: Author panel with Marcy Beller Paul, Anica Mrose Rissi, Sarah Nicole Smetana, and Kit Frick
3:00-4:15 p.m. – Meeting Room 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott Waterside

Saturday, March 10, 2018
Bad Girls Do It Well: Creating Flawed and Fully Formed “Bad” Girl Characters in YA Fiction:
Author panel with Lilliam Rivera, Nova Ren Suma, Erika Sanchez, Brandy Colbert
12:15-1:15pm – Meeting Room 9 & 10, Marriott Waterside, 3rd Floor

Saturday, March 17, 2018
Park Road Books
Park Road Shopping Center, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209
2:00 p.m. – Author Panel with Amber Smith and Brenda Rufener

Monday, March 19, 2018
Malaprop’s
55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
6:00-7:30 pm – Amber Smith and Brenda Rufener author panel (Amy Reed moderating)

Friday, March 30 – Saturday, March 31, 2018
2018 Doris Betts Writers Festival
Mitchell Community College
500 West Broad Street, Statesville, NC
Book signing: Friday, March 30, 5:30 pm; Main Building, Room 129
Writing Workshop (space limited, reservations required): Saturday, March 31, 9:30am
Reading and Q&A: Saturday, March 31, 1:00 pm; Shearer Hall
Author panel with Wiley Cash, Grace Ocasio, and Terri Kirby Erickson: Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm; Shearer Hall

Friday, April 20 – Sunday, April 22, 2018
New England SCWBI
Springfield, MA
Keynote Speaker
Location & Time TBA

(P.S. If you haven’t already picked up a copy of THE NOWHERE GIRLS, maybe you’d like to? If you have, how about leaving a review on Amazon? My feminist YA anthology OUR STORIES, OUR VOICES is now available for pre-order too. Whee!)

OUR STORIES, OUR VOICES Cover Reveal!

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Isn’t it beautiful?!!

I seriously could not be happier and more proud of this cover. It perfectly expresses the powerful tone of the book. I get teary every time I read the flap copy:

“This book, this act of resistance, says our stories matter. Our lives matter. Our voices will not be silenced.”

In a collection that covers a wide breadth of topics, twenty-one YA authors share deeply personal thoughts and experiences about growing up female in America. These essays explore themes ranging from the intersection of race and gender to women and weight, from first sexual experiences to the devastation of rape culture, from the unique facets of being first- or second-generation American to the role of faith in our culture, and everything in between.

Ultimately, it’s a message of hope and empowerment from women who have built their lives around the idea that words matter. Voices matter. It’s time to use ours.

And do you see the names of all the incredible authors in the anthology?

Martha Brockenbrough, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Brandy Colbert, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan, I.W. Gregorio, Maurene Goo, Ellen Hopkins, Stephanie Kuehnert, Nina LaCour, Anna-Marie McLemore, Sandhya Menon, Hannah Moskowitz, Julie Murphy, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Amber Smith, and Tracy Walker.

I am so excited for you read these amazing women’s stories….sometime in Summer 2018. I wish you could read the book right now, but alas, publishing moves SO SLOW.

(Until then, if you’re in the mood for a story about kick-ass girls joining together to fight rape culture, might I recommend pre-ordering my new YA novel, THE NOWHERE GIRLS, which releases October 10).

xo

Amy

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for non-fiction anthology about injustice and empowerment

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The day after the election, I found myself barely able to move. I was catatonic with fear, shock, heartbreak, hopelessness. This project was born in the place just outside those shadows, when I gathered my strength and became determined to channel those feelings into action and hope.

I believe in the power of narrative. I believe the personal is profoundly political. I believe in our stories.

Do you write? Do you want to do something to resist hate and ignorance? Do you want to offer hope and solidarity to young readers?

(And do you want to get published and paid for your work?)

This New Year, let’s all make the resolution to be the change we are looking for.

I can’t wait to read your story.

Love and solidarity,

Amy

[UPDATE (January 16): We have a title!

OUR STORIES, OUR VOICES: 20 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America]