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Amy Giles is a young adult author. Her debut novel, Now Is Everything, was the 2018 winner of the prestigious Buxtehude Bulle award (Jetzt ist alles, was wir haben), a Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2017, and a Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee. Her sophomore novel, That Night, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard award. She lives on an Island that is Long with her husband, two daughters, and rescue dog.


Praise for NOW IS EVERYTHING

“Powerful and haunting, Now Is Everything explores the complexities of family and abuse, as we follow one girl on her courageous journey to choose love over hate and hope over fear.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be

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“Life is either about moving forward or looking back. We’re moving forward again, but we’ll never forget what’s back there behind us.”
― Amy Giles, That Night
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“We live our lives like survivors, weaker in some places, but stronger in others. Scarred, but healing.”
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“Maybe I understand now why we stay here on our fragile sandbar, why we make ourselves vulnerable.
Because we're resilient. We rebuild. It's what we do.”
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