Amy Avery / Avery Ames

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Author of THE LONGEST AUTUMN. Upcoming sapphic, gothic, vampire romance THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE coming soon from DAW Books! Rep: Jennifer Azantian, Azantian Literary Agency She/her

Movie poster for the film Beautiful Creatures, with an ensemble cast group in front of old iron gates.
A green graphic of a book featuring the title "The Thorns We Wear Inside" with the author name "Amy Avery". The cover is black with red roses and gold thorns, and two gray figures of women reaching for each other. Text on the graphic reads: Barnes & Noble pre-order sale Discounts starting at 25% off for B&N premium and reward members. With code PREORDER25 Some exclusions may apply.
Album cover. In the upper left corner is text reading Muse: Absolution. A photo from above of a man standing on concrete and looking up. Around him are scattered shadows of human figures.
A digital painting of two portraits hanging in a brown wall with jacquard wallpaper. They are in gilded frames and show two women in profile looking at each other. One has pale skin, long black hair, and red eyes, with a gaunt face. Her expression is wistful or a bit sad. The other has a rounder face and light brown hair in a messy braid, smiling softly. A quote surrounds the portraits: "You are monstrous, and you are glorious, and you are mine."
A photo of a tray with four small cider samples. Beneath them are the names "blackberry", "lem-laid", "hibby lime", and "muscat de bernay". Next to them is a library copy of the book "A Dark and Wild Wood" by Sarah Nicole Lemon. The cover is black and features n illustration of a dark-haired woman in a draped white gown holding a lantern.
A row of books on a shelf. In order from left to right, they are: The Vampyre/Carmilla combined edition, by John Polidori and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Long Time Dead, by Samara Breger Kushiel's Mercy, by Jacqueline Carey Direct Descendant, by Tanya Huff Voyage of the Damned, by Frances White Tales From the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness, by Tanith Lee
A graphic with the text "Zoobilee Zoo" at the top and a group photo of actors in animal face paint and costumes, similar to the style of the stage musical Cats, but with different types of animals.
The cover of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Two charts with the header "Total Books Read: 34" The top chart is "Publication Date" and time from 2019 through 2026, with the majority of books in 2024 through 2026. The bottom chart is Star Rating, with the most ratings 3-star through 4-star.
A fast-forwarded video of multiple events at a cider brewery, including pancakes and cidermosas with disco ball straws, artist vendors, pride music bingo, and a drag performance
A stack of book spines. From top to bottom, they read: The Sleepless, Jen Williams Upon A Starlit Tide, Kell Woods The House Saphir, Marissa Meyer The Wolf and the Woodsman, Ava Reid
A wooden table featuring four book editions. Three of them have the title "The Longest Autumn" by Amy Avery. The fourth French title is "L'Automne Sans Fin".
Text on a tan background. The top reads "...and it's writing." with proofreading markup in red. Below that in red handwritten font, it reads "An irreverent podcast on writing craft"
A hand holding up a hardcover book. The title at the top reads Deathless and the author at the bottom is Catherynne M. Valente, both in gold foil. It shows a stylized illustration of a man and woman embracing, both with dark hair. She wears an elaborate crown. Behind them you can see a skyline of classic Russian architecture.
A timelapse video showing a hardcover copy of They Fear Not Men in the Woods by Gretchen McNeil. The video creator paints a brown to green gradient with dark tree silhouettes along the blank edge of the book.
A hand holding a small plant pot with black and white zigzag stripes. In the pot is a tiny round cactus with long brown spines.
A photo of a hand holding up a book cover. The cover is a light turquoise and features two illustrated men in regency clothing standing back to back. The title "How to Fake It in Society" is large in white text, and the author's name "KJ Charles" appears at the bottom. Behind the book, a tuxedo cat takes up most of the lap of the person holding up the book.
Book cover. Text reads "The Thorns We Wear Inside" and the author is Amy Avery. A red rose sits in the center surrounded by golden thorns. In gray, two women reach for each other, not quite touching.
Photo of an upper arm with a new tattoo. A red rose and purple nightshade blossoms frame a brown book wrapped in thorns.
Photo of a library book. The cover features an animal skull and flowers on a black background. The book is Morsel by Carter Keane.
A collage of book covers on a pink background. Books are: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Geisbrecht The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang The (Very Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish Tales of a Monstrous Heart by Jennifer Delaney The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong Fate's Bane by CL Clark Morsel by Carter Keane
A photo of a table with a cocktail glass filled with a white drink with a pick cocktail umbrella. A package of a vitamin c sheet mask rests next to it. In the background, a tv shows the landing page for the final episode of the tv show Hacks.
A stack of eight books, including vintage mass market fantasy paperbacks, two recent novellas, two recent fantasy novels, and a couple of cookbooks.
Photo of a hand holding a paperback book. The cover is hot pink. It shows a woman in a long coat facing away from the viewer and looking at a guards' watchtower, with a barbed fence behind her. The title "The Fervor" appears at the top, while the bottom says "Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Deep".
A selection of books and other items on a wooden table. They include the following books: Big Machine by Victor Lavalle Hollow by Celina Myers Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Dark Forgetting by Kristien Ciccarelli Also shown are two issues of The New Avengers, a pin that says "shelf love", a sticker that says "I love my indie bookstore", a set of lavender DnD dice, and two books wrapped in newspaper.
A graphic of an open book against a light blue background, with the text "It's Independent Bookstore Day! Support your favorite rockstar bookstore!"
A hand holding up a library book. The title of surrounded by an embroidery pattern of roses and leaves on a black background, with the text in gold in the center. The title reads "As Many Souls as Stars" and the author is listed as Natasha Siegel at the top.
A render of the book "The Thorns We Wear Inside", on a brown patterned background. The book features a red bloodied rose and thorns, lingering over a pair of gray figures of women reaching toward each other but not quite touching. Below the book is the text "November 2026 from DAW Books"
A digital painting showing two profile portraits in gold frames. One is a paper, angular woman with long black hair looking wistful, and the other is a rosy-skinned woman with brown hair in a braid, smiling softly. They are looking at each other. Text around the frames reads "you are monstrous, and you are glorious, and you are mine."
A photo of the book Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, resting on a wooden table. The cover features the title and author name in lime green, with an antique-looking painting of a woman in a white dress lying on a bed, her upper half hanging partway off the bed.
A tuxedo cat curled up on a beige carpeted floor, lying on a yellow triangular cat toy with feathers.
A graphic on a green background. Barnes & Noble Preorder Sale appears at the top. A black book cover with the text "The Thorns We Wear Inside, cover to be revealed" is on the right. On the left is the text: "discounts starting at 25% off for B&N premium and reward members. With code PREORDER25. Some exclusions may apply."
Portrait photo of Amy, a woman with pink hair and bright pink hair and pink lipstick, smiling at the camera.
Dragon Age Veilguard promo art with a purple background and a collection of characters forming the shape of a dragon behind the main character, Rook.
A video game cover in an anime/dating sim style. Dracula holding a sword stands in front with pale skin and a dramatic long coat and with a gothic castle in the background
An illustration of a weird geometric mess of oval loops with the caption "Behold, the horror behind your comprehension". Then a cartoon image of a person staring wordlessly. Then the same image of the geometric mass with the text "why aren't you trembling with fear?" The final panel is the same emotionless person but with the caption "Smash."
Amy displaying the swords that attach to her Isabela corset using magnets, photo in mirror from the back
Amy as Scout Jim from Dragon Age Inquisition, in cosplay. A tan vest with mint green hood and leggings, and a gray helmet.
Any as Isabela from Dragon Age, in cosplay.
Sailor Moon Fushigi Yuugi Uta no Prince Sama Akatsuki No Yona (Yona of the Dawn) Fruits Basket (2001)
Photo of Amy, a white woman with a pink bob wearing a pink floral top
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Depeche Mode Mesh Muse The Killers Halestorm
Our Flag Means Death Interview With The Vampire (AMC) Schitt's Creek Extraordinary The Good Place
Mario World Dragon Age Inquisition Chrono Trigger Bloodstained Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Top 5 movies: Labyrinth Legend (1985) What's Your Number? Moulin Rouge Pitch Perfect
A photo of the physical book of Accidental Demons by Clare Edge, next to an orange smoothie I'm a glass with gold stars, topped with a cherry and with a purple silly straw
Selfie of a white woman with a bright blue bob haircut, smiling, wearing green eyeshadow and black lipstick
Portrait of Amy as Ursula from the Little Mermaid.
The World Fantasy Con 2024 logo. A stylized waterfall is shown in a center circle with the following words around it: WFC 2024, Niagara Falls New York
A selfie photo of Amy Avery - a white woman with pink and orange and red hair, and pink lipstick
An image of the Muppets Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show (the two older critics in the balcony).
A stack of books sitting upright that includes: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S Olson The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling The Last Tale of The Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling
A tuxedo cat looking horrifying mid-yawn
A photo of a layered chocolate and vanilla cake on a plate, next to a glass of sparkling wine. In the background a TV shows the opening frames of the movie American Fiction - the actor Jeffrey Wright standing against a light blue background.
The cover of "Lone Women" by Victor Lavalle. A Black woman in plain early-1900s clothing stands partially silhouetted in a wide open plain with distant mountains. A spreading dark smoke lies behind the title.
Graphic with the header "LAOC's Literary Auction For Change" at the top and "1-hour AMA Style Chat" in the lower corner. A headshot of Amy Avery appears in n the lower right corner.
A digital drawing of a greenish-brown pterosaur with four wings
Rendering of a book against a painted background of mountains and flowers. The book is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, with a sunset image of Howl and Sophie silhouetted against a sunset with the moving castle in the background. The book has matching stencilled edges. The Fairyloot logo is at the bottom.
The cover of the book The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery. A white woman in a red dress stands in front of a dark green background surrounded by falling leaves.