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Hello!

THE NOWHERE GIRLS comes out in FOUR MONTHS! I am so excited to share this book that is so close to my heart. And I don’t know about you, but I think stories of girls coming together to resist rape culture and sexism are pretty damn important right now.

You can PRE-ORDER NOW at your favorite online retailers, including this one. It will be in bookstores OCTOBER 10th.

Here are my upcoming events. Stay tuned for updates.

Amy

June 22-27, 2017: American Library Association 2017 Annual Conference: Chicago, IL

Saturday, June 24:
9:15 – 10:00 am: Strong Female Voices in Publishing for MG and YA: (PopTop stage, Convention Exhibit Hall) Hear from four strong female voices in middle-grade and young adult publishing—authors Hena Khan, Christa Desir, Sandhya Menon, and Amy Reed. Panel moderated by Liesa Abrams, VP, Editorial Director at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

10:15-11:00 am: Crafting Kid-Lit Anthologies (PopTop stage, Convention Exhibit Hall): YA author and literary agent Eric Smith (author of Inked, Bloomsbury and Welcome Home, Flux) and celebrated book blogger and author Kelly Jensen (editor for Book Riot, author of the anthology Feminism for the Real World), will lead a discussion about the challenges of putting together an anthology with multiple writers across genres. They will be joined by YA author Amy Reed (Our Stories, Our Voices, Simon Pulse), author Kate Watson (Seeking Mansfield and contributor to Welcome Home, Flux) and author and Scholastic rep Preeti Chibber (contributor to Legendary, Greenwillow).

11:00 am – 1:00 pm: YALSA Teen Pizza Party (Hilton Hotel, Williford A Room).

4:00 – 5:00 pm: Book signing in the Simon & Schuster booth #3020

9:00 – 11:00 pm: Simon & Schuster Dessert party (Palmer House Hilton, Adams Room)

Sunday, June 25:
8:30 – 10:30 am: YALSA YA Author Coffee Klatch (McCormick Place convention center, S105)

Tuesday, October 10:
7:00pm: THE NOWHERE GIRLS Book Release! Reading and Q&A
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café (55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC)
THE NOWHERE GIRLS will be available everywhere on October 10! You can also pre-order now wherever books are sold.

Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15:
Southern Festival of Books (Event date and time TBA)
War Memorial Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee

Friday, November 17 – Sunday, November 19:
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2017 Annual Convention (Event date and time TBA)
America’s Center Convention Complex, Saint Louis, Missouri

Hey y’all! (I live in North Carolina now, so I get to say “y’all”).

I am so excited that DAMAGED comes out in TWO WEEKS! On October 14th, it will be released into the world and I couldn’t be prouder. (Pre-order to make sure you get it on release day). I have tons of exciting guest posts and special online events coming up, so make sure you follow me on Twitter to get all the updates.

If you’re in the Asheville, NC area, I’ll be hanging out at Malaprop’s Bookstore on Thursday, November 6th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm to sign some books. Stop by to say hi and pick up a signed copy of DAMAGED or one of my other books. They’ll have them all in stock. I would love to meet you!

It seems crazy to be talking about a book that comes out in April of next year, but I’ve got exciting news about INVINCIBLE too. In less than a week, on Monday, October 6th, at exactly 8:00 pm EST (5:00 PST), I will be revealing the cover RIGHT HERE on this website! It is nothing like my other covers, and it is so freaking beautiful I cried a little when I first saw it. I’m serious, it’s that awesome. I’ll also be telling you a little more about the story, but until then, here’s a little teaser:

INVINCIBLE is book one of a two-book series, pitched as Go Ask Alice meets The Fault in Our Stars, about a teenage girl who survives a terminal cancer diagnosis, only to get trapped in the deadly spiral of addiction, and the boy who would do anything to save her.

Intrigued?

My Upcoming Events

NEWS! DAMAGED release, INVINCIBLE cover reveal, Asheville book signing