The Bangor Authors' Book Fair and Literary Festival took place on Saturday, December 13th, 2025 at the Bangor Public Library , and it was a blast! Thank you so much to everyone who made it possible and to everyone who attended! After a brief setup, my day kicked off with the Writing for Mental Health panel. Emma G. Rose , Morrigan Gaines , and I spoke about our experiences with our own mental health and with writing mental illness while Keith Young moderated. I feel like we

We're only two days away from the Bangor Authors' Book Fair and Literary Festival ! It takes place Saturday, December 13th, from 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m at the Bangor Public Library. There are going to be tons of fun panels and live readings throughout the day as well as opportunities to purchase books from the 90+ attending authors. If you're looking for me in particular, here's where I'll be:   10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.—Writing for Mental Health Panel I'll be joining Keith Young ,

The Bangor Authors' Book Fair and Literary Festival is only two weeks away! It's happening Saturday, December 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Bangor Public Library. I'm really excited to announce that I have been invited to be on the Writing for Mental Health panel along with Keith Young , Emma G. Rose , and Morrigan Gaines . This panel will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., and it is one of several panels and my readings happening throughout the day. You can find t

I am super excited to announce that I will be one of the attending authors at the Bangor Authors' Book Fair and Literary Festival 2025! The event will take place Saturday, December 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Bangor Public Library (145 Harlow Street in Bangor). 90+ authors from across Maine will be in attendance. The talks, readings, and panels are all free to attend, but bring cash if you'd like to do some book shopping. I'll be selling copies of Little White Fl

On October 30th at 6:00 p.m., I'll be at the Orono Performing Arts Center for the Maine Horror and Mystery Authors Panel . The other panelists are Claire Ackroyd, author of the Simone Thibodeau mysteries and Vaughn C. Hardacker, author of the Ian Connan thriller series. Thank you so much to the Orono Public Library and Bookmarks Maine for putting together this event! Flyer for the Maine Horror and Mystery Authors Panel

On October 8th, I had the pleasure of being a guest author at the AANE Creative Writers Group. It was wonderful to get to share a little bit about myself and my work with such an engaged group. I also enjoyed hearing fellow guest author Jennifer Brozek share about her work and experiences. It was a lovely evening, and I am grateful to the Association for Autism and Neurodiversity for giving me this opportunity! Amber standing in front of a bookshelf before the AANE Creative

On Tuesday, September 23rd, I gave my talk Gendered Fictions about Autism: Writing Better Representations of Autism into Fiction. For the first half of the event, I provided a brief presentation, and then the second half was reserved for discussion. I also donated a copy of Little White Flowers to Fogler Library. It was a wonderful event. People asked such great questions, and we had some good conversations about gender, autism, and representation. I feel like these conversat

On Tuesday, September 23rd, I will be giving a talk about my late autism diagnosis, the intersection of gender and autism, and writing fictional autistic characters. It will take place at UMaine in the Bangor room at 11:00 a.m. Learn more about the talk here .

My August cozy chat and writing updates video is now available to watch as a replay. You can find it here . In the video, I give some updates about Book 2, additional formats for Book 1, where I'm at with Book 3, and what's next after I finish the LWF series. I also talk a bit about library access, so if you've been wanting to read Little White Flowers through your local library, definitely check that out. (Although if your library uses Hoopla, you should most likely already

Join me on August 2nd, 2025 at 6 pm EDT for a cozy chat and updates on my writing projects, including Books 1 and 2 of my LWF series. Feel free to bring questions! You can find the livestream link here . Thumbnail for August Livestream

Thank you to everyone who attended the virtual book launch on July 5th. If you missed the live launch, you can watch the replay on YouTube . In it, I talk about the history and development of Little White Flowers, read an excerpt, and talk about plans for the next books in the series as well as additional release formats for Book 1. We did have some audio difficulties for the first couple of minutes of the live stream, so if you're watching the replay, you may want to skip to

On July 3rd, 2025, I had my in-person book launch for Little White Flowers at the Orono Public Library. I did a reading and Q&A session, and we concluded the event with door prizes and a book signing. We had a great turnout despite the inclement weather, and people asked fantastic questions. It was wonderful to have the chance to talk about my book and my writing process with such an engaged audience.   Thank you so much to the Orono Public Library for hosting and especially

Join me for a live stream to celebrate the release of Little White Flowers on July 5th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. The format will be a cozy chat/Q&A, and if you already have questions, feel free to message them to me or post them on the live stream page. You can find the live stream and sign up for notifications here .

Join me to celebrate the release of Little White Flowers on July 3rd, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. at the Orono Public Library. There will be a Q&A, book signing, and door prizes!

On September 25th, 2024, I had the pleasure of participating in a roundtable discussion about my short story "Jane," featured in Grizzly: A Charity Anthology. The panel was hosted by the University of Maine Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and featured panelists Hollie Adams (English/creative writing) Elizabeth Neiman (WGS studies/English) Jessica Miller (Philosophy) and Julia McGuire (Biology). It was a joy to have the opportunity to address my story and writin