Amy Shearn

Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed novels Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far is the Ocean From Here. She has worked as an editor for Medium, and her work has appeared in the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Oprah, Coastal Living, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Catapult, The Millions, The Rumpus, and many other publications. Amy has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and currently lives in Brooklyn with her two children.