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Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the five novels, including the forthcoming Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025).
Her first novel, How Far Is the Ocean from Here (Shaye Areheart/Crown, 2008), was featured as a notable debut by Poets & Writers and the Chicago Tribune. The Mermaid of Brooklyn (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2013) was a selection of Target’s Emerging Authors program and a Hudson News Summer Reads pick. Unseen City (Red Hen Press, 2020) was the Winner of the IPPY Gold Medal in Literary Fiction, and the epistolary novel Dear Edna Sloane (Red Hen Press, 2024) has been called "endearing," "hilarious," and "incisive." Shearn's novels been translated into Russian and published in the UK and as audiobooks, and have been featured by the New York Times, the Atlantic, and NPR.
She earned an MFA from the University of Minnesota, has received a Promise Award grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and has participated in residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Byrdcliffe, and elsewhere. Shearn lives in Brooklyn with her two children and one cat.
Her first novel, How Far Is the Ocean from Here (Shaye Areheart/Crown, 2008), was featured as a notable debut by Poets & Writers and the Chicago Tribune. The Mermaid of Brooklyn (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2013) was a selection of Target’s Emerging Authors program and a Hudson News Summer Reads pick. Unseen City (Red Hen Press, 2020) was the Winner of the IPPY Gold Medal in Literary Fiction, and the epistolary novel Dear Edna Sloane (Red Hen Press, 2024) has been called "endearing," "hilarious," and "incisive." Shearn's novels been translated into Russian and published in the UK and as audiobooks, and have been featured by the New York Times, the Atlantic, and NPR.
Shearn's other writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O: The Oprah Magazine, Coastal Living, Poets & Writers, and Literary Hub.
She earned an MFA from the University of Minnesota, has received a Promise Award grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and has participated in residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Byrdcliffe, and elsewhere. Shearn lives in Brooklyn with her two children and one cat.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
How Far Is the Ocean from Here (2008)
The Mermaid of Brooklyn (2013)
Unseen City (2020)
Dear Edna Sloane (2024)
Animal Instinct (2025)
The Mermaid of Brooklyn (2013)
Unseen City (2020)
Dear Edna Sloane (2024)
Animal Instinct (2025)
Amy Shearn recommends
The Irish Goodbye (2025)
Heather Aimee O'Neill
"The Irish Goodbye has it all: a lovable cast of complex characters; forbidden affairs; a stately, crumbling beach house; a doomed sailboat; long-suppressed family secrets; and one pressure-cooker of a holiday weekend. Above all, this finely-crafted novel explores what it means to be a family, and what we owe each other and ourselves."
Girls Girls Girls (2025)
Shoshana von Blanckensee
"Girls Girls Girls is the rare many-layered coming-of-age novel that addresses lust, confusion, longing, and grief in equal measure. I wanted to live inside Shoshana von Blanckensee's vivid evocation of 1990s San Francisco queer community long after I finished reading - and I can't remember the last time I had such a big crush on a fictional character."
There's Nothing Wrong with Her (2024)
Kate Weinberg
"I couldn't put down this quick, clever novel. . . . Both comic and heartbreaking in equal measure, There's Nothing Wrong With Her is a post-pandemic must-read. I'll be thinking about its vivid cast of characters for a good long time."
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