Amy Shearn


Amy Shearn is an American author of fiction, essays, poetry, and humor.

Biography

Shearn's debut novel How Far Is The Ocean From Here was published by Shaye Areheart Books on July 22, 2008. Shearn's second novel The Mermaid of Brooklyn was released in the US on April 2nd, 2013, published by Touchstone, a division of Simon and Schuster. It was released in the UK on August 1, 2013 by Pan Macmillan.
Work by Shearn has been published in Jane Magazine, West Branch, Salt Hill, Opium, Lyric, West Branch, 3rd Bed, Poets and Writers, Passages North, and the Found Magazine anthology Requiem for a Paper Bag. Shearn's non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, Redbook, Real Simple, JSTOR, and many others. In addition to printed work, short fiction by Shearn has appeared on various literary websites including Brink, Sub-Lit, Gutcult, Five Chapters, Hobart, Nidus, and Elimae.
Shearn currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, and has taught writing at Gotham Writers' Workshop and NYU: SCPS.

Selected works

;Novel
;Short stories