Amity Gaige is the author of four acclaimed novels, including her newest, Heartwood, as well as Sea Wife, Schroder, and O My Darling. She was named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honorees and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. Her novels have been published in eighteen countries and have earned praise in outlets such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Guardian. Schroder was shortlisted for the UK’s Folio Prize, and Sea Wife was a finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice Award. Gaige’s writing is celebrated for its emotional depth, lyrical prose, and ability to weave suspense with human insight. In addition to her novels, she has taught at Amherst College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Connecticut with her family and currently teaches creative writing at Yale.

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