Amy Giles | Young Adult Author

Young Adult Author

Now Is Everything: 2018 Buxtehude Bulle Young Adult Literary Award, Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2017, and Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee.That Night: 2018 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Award and VOYA Starred Review.

Publishers Weekly

"Debut novelist Giles movingly explores child abuse and its many insidious forms...giving readers a broad understanding of abuse while weaving in Hadley’s first romantic relationship. It’s a thoughtful and poignant story with a strong narrative arc and well-crafted, realistic characters."

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Amy Giles is a young adult author. Her debut novel, Now Is Everything, was the 2018 winner of the prestigious Buxtehude Bulle award (Jetzt ist alles, was wir haben), a Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2017, and a Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee. Her sophomore novel, That Night, was a 2018 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and a VOYA “Perfect 10.” She lives on Long Island with her husband, two daughters, and rescue dog.