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 Friday, October 24th, I visited Little White Flowers at the Old Town Public Library in Old Town, Maine. The librarians had created a wonderful display for the new fiction books, and LWF was afforded a prominent spot. I wish I had thought to take pictures of the display as a whole, but I was just so excited to be there, my brain tuned out everything else. A huge thank you to the Old Town Public Library for carrying Little White Flowers! If you live in Old Town, be sure to

On Saturday, October 18th, I had the pleasure of visiting Little White Flowers at Buck Memorial Library in Bucksport, Maine. The library is very cozy with beautiful architecture. It was the day of Ghostport, so everyone was dressed in their Halloween finery, and the library had spooky crafts and goodies available to patrons. I got to visit with the library's spectral denizens. I was dressed as Alice from a particular scene in Little White Flowers, but I also fit right in with

My short story "The Hitchhiker" was published in Not A Phase: An Ace Anthology. The Hitchhiker is a retelling of the classic urban legend by the same name. If you're a fan of ghost stories and urban legends, this may be right up your alley. It's also set on Halloween, so perfect for spooky season. This anthology is a collection of stories by asexual writers featuring asexual characters and themes, providing some much-needed representation. You can find it on Amazon in ebook

Little White Flowers is available at the University of Maine Bookstore! As a three-time UMaine alum, it feels really special to see my book here. If you've been wanting to pick up a copy locally, this is a great opportunity to support both me and the college of our hearts always. You can find it in store or order through the University of Maine Bookstore website . A huge thank you to the Bookstore for making my book available to the UMaine community! Amber holding a copy of L

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

Happy release day to the hardcover edition of Little White Flowers! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me and helped me through the various stages of the writing and publishing process! You can order the hardcover edition online at many large and small book retailers. This purchase link includes some of the major players, but if you have a favorite local bookstore, you can always check and see if they have it in their inventory or if they would be willing to orde

On Saturday, September 27th, I had the pleasure of visiting Little White Flowers at the Brewer Public Library. The librarian at the front desk was very kind and knew exactly where I could find my book. It was a great experience. A huge thank you to the Brewer Public Library for carrying Little White Flowers! If you live in Brewer, definitely go check Little White Flowers out —literally! Amber with the library copy of Little White Flowers at the Brewer Public Library

Little White Flowers is now available at Fogler Library at the University of Maine. You can find it in the library catalogue here . Thank you so much to Fogler Library for carrying Little White Flowers! Fun fact: my doctoral dissertation and master's thesis are also housed at Fogler Library, so if you search the catalog for my name, those publications will come up as well. Photo of Amber with Assistant Collections Librarian Lindsay Decker at Fogler Library.

My signed copies sale is now live. It will tentatively remain open through Sunday, October 19th, inventory permitting. Including tax and shipping, paperbacks are $23 and hardcovers are $30. Due to steep international shipping costs, this sale is only available in the US. As with my other September and October book sales, 10% of all royalties will be donated to Partners for Peace , a local Domestic Violence Resource Center. Fill out this form to receive signed copies of the L

On Thursday, September 25th, 2025, I had the pleasure of appearing on the WABI 5 Book Club with Brian Sullivan. It was a great experience, add a huge thank you to WABI 5 for having me! You can find the video and corresponding article here . Brian Sullivan interviewing Amber on WABI 5 Book Club.

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

It's finally here! Book 2 has a cover, and it is absolutely stunning! Cover reveal LWF Book 2: Hallowed Deadly Seeds I'm so blown away by how incredible the cover is. A huge shout out to Eva Mout for the beautiful illustration and Rachel Bowdler for the typography and cover wrap. I could not have asked for a more amazing cover! Hallowed Deadly Seeds will be released on June 30th, 2026. It is available to pre-order at most major book retailers. It's also available to pre-or

The cover reveal for Hallowed Deadly Seeds is coming on Tuesday, September 23rd. With a beautiful illustration from Eva Mout and typography by Rachel Bowdler, it is truly a remarkable cover and the perfect companion to Little White Flowers . Want to see the cover early and help with the reveal? I'll be sending out a cover reveal newsletter on Monday, September 22nd. It will have the cover reveal as well as a zip file with some cover reveal graphics that you can download to

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 .

Heads up, Old Orchard Beach residents. Little White Flowers is now at Libby Memorial Library. Brewer residents, keep an eye on the catalogue. Little White Flowers is on order for the Brewer Public Library. Check Minerva or MaineCat for current library availability.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in Boothbay Harbor, Maine has added Little White Flowers to their Library catalogue. You can check the current availability at Boothbay Harbor as well as other participating Maine libraries through MaineCat . Topsham Public Library in Topsham, Maine has also included Little White Flowers as one of their August 2025 Up and Coming Releases . While not in the catalogue at the time of writing, it will likely be available to Topsham residents soon

I was featured in the August 2025 ALLi Member Milestones for the release of my debut novel, Little White Flowers. It took me 15 years to take Little White Flowers from a teenage idea to the layered novel it is today, which is what my feature focuses on. You can read the whole article here.

Hardcover fans, take note. The hardcover edition of Little White Flowers is in the works. It is expected to be released on October 7th and is available to pre-order at certain retailers including Amazon, with more retailers to follow soon. Little White Flowers hardcover edition release announcement. Coming October 7th, 2025.

A book club kit for Little White Flowers is now available as a free pdf download on my website. It contains discussion questions, an author Q&A, and more. Great for book clubs, buddy reads, or solo readers who want to delve deeper into the story. You can find the book club page here . Click on the cover image, and the kit will automatically download. Cover page for Little White Flowers Book Club Kit

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

Hallowed Deadly Seeds , the second book in the Little White Flowers series, will be coming out June 30th, 2026. It's up on Goodreads if you'd like to add it to your "want to read" list, and the ebook is available for pre-order at multiple retailers including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I'll let you know once the paperback pre-order is available. Want a sneak peek at Hallowed Deadly Seeds ? Sign up for my newsletter to get a link to read the first four chapters. If you have

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