Amy Avery, Author

Writer of dark, lush fantasy novels.

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About Me:

Amy Avery is a graphic designer and author living in Kansas. Her debut novel, The Longest Autumn, an Owlcrate pick, was published by Flatiron Books in 2024. She continues to write unapologetically queer fantasy for lovers of the lush and the dark.

When not writing, she can be found watching cooking shows with her partner, prowling used bookstores for vintage editions of her favorite gothic novels, or catering to the whims of a demanding tuxedo cat.

Where else to find me:

averyames.com

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My Books:

The Thorns We Wear Inside

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For fans of For the Wolf and Nettle & Bone comes a dark, romantic fantasy about a witch, a monster, and the two parasitic demons who’ll stop at nothing to keep them apart.

Bookshop.org • Amazon • Barnes & Noble

The Longest Autumn

For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance.

Under the right circumstances, would even a god fall?

Bookshop.org • Amazon • Barnes & Noble Waterstones (UK)

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It's back from the dead!

The podcast "...and it's writing" has gotten the reboot treatment and will be dropping our first new episode Monday, June 15th, 2026.

Join author Amy Avery (Avery Ames) as she sits down with an array of authors for casual discussions of all things writing.

So come hang out and share some laughs as we chat about the writer life, craft, and the world of publishing.

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I FINISHED MY LINE EDITS! 🥳

Celebrating by sending off one of my fave shows of the past few years with a sheet mask and a non-alcoholic coconut daiquiri.

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I'm so happy to be polishing up this book into the best version of itself, but I will also be so relieved when these line edits are done.

We're in the home stretch now!

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Meet Mir and Raye, the two cursed women at the heart of The Thorns We Wear Inside.

(Character art by me, book cover by Micaela Alcaino).

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Raye is cursed. Living things crumble at her touch, drained by the demon who clings to her like a seductive, malevolent shadow. No wonder the townsfolk want her dead. Tormented and pursued, she seeks shelter in a mysterious castle at the heart of a forest.

The castle is an eerie place. Its residents lie trapped in time like flies in amber, all save one. Mir. Mir has a demon of her own, a creature that forces her to seek and crave blood. When the two women begin to use the castle’s trove of magic to unravel their curses, their demons unite. The parasites refuse to let their hosts escape, and perhaps even more dangerously, Mir can bear Raye’s poisonous touch: the first caress either of them has felt in years.

As monster hunters close in on the forest, Raye and Mir will have to break both the castle’s curse and the binds of their twisted quadrangle before the past catches up with them.

Seductive and cinematic, this dark fantasy has teeth. Step into the castle. If you dare.

Learn more or pre-order your copy here!

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Cover reveal!

The exclusive cover reveal of The Thorns We Wear Inside is over at Nerdist!

Check it out for the full cover and to learn more about this sapphic, gothic fantasy featuring a vampire, a witch, and their two parasitic demons.

Cover art by the wonderful Micaela Alcaino.

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Hello Tumblr! I'm here!

I'm Amy Avery, author of THE LONGEST AUTUMN and the upcoming THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE.

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