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Amber Smith

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October 16

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Young Adult, Children's, Contemporary

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Amber Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels for young adults, including the international bestsellers The Way I Used to Be and The Way I Am Now, as well as the critically-acclaimed and award-winning novels, The Last to Let Go and Something Like Gravity. Along with her middle-grade debut,Code Name: Serendipity, she also contributed to the award-winning YA anthology, Our Stories, Our Voices. An advocate for increased awareness of mental health, gendered violence, and LGBTQIA+ equality, she writes in the hope that her books can help foster change and spark dialogue. She lives in Ithaca, NY with her wife and their ever-growing family of rescued dogs and cats. Find her online at AmberSmithAuthor.com

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Average rating: 4.12 · 291,252 ratings · 31,055 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 221,623 ratings — published 2016 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way I Am Now (The Way I Used to Be, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 60,392 ratings — published 2023 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last to Let Go 3.70 avg rating — 5,083 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Like Gravity 3.66 avg rating — 2,112 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way We Met (The Way I Used to Be, #2.5) 4.29 avg rating — 578 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way I Used to Be Collection (Boxed Set): The Way I Used to Be; The Way I Am Now (The Way I Used to Be, #1-2) 4.48 avg rating — 132 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Code Name: Serendipity 4.10 avg rating — 102 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fade Into You by Amber Smith (Goodreads Author), Sam Gellar 4.12 avg rating — 91 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections by Amber Smith (Goodreads Author), Carla M. Hanzal, Romare Bearden 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking by Amber Smith (Goodreads Author), Klaus Kertess (Contributor) 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Year, New Book! (Code Name: Serendipity + Giveaway details)

Hello Readers!

Wow, 2021 was rough, am I right? But 2022 is finally here...and I am celebrating with a new book! It's called Code Name: Serendipity, my debut middle-grade novel.

If any of you follow me on social, you know I have a weakness/passion/calling to help animals, evidenced by my SEVEN rescues (two dogs, five cats).

So, to all my fellow dog lovers...this book is for you.

It tells the stor Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 03, 2022 10:19 • Tags: dogbooks, kidlit, mglit, middle-grade-books, middlegrade

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Amber Smith answered Kelly Summers's question: Will you ever write a sequel to The Way I Used To Be so that we can know how Eden's life ends up after finally opening up? Yes! I did, and it's called THE WAY I AM NOW! It's out now :)
Jan 27, 2025 09:17AM · 5 likes · like View 1 comment

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“He's not the hero and he's not the enemy and he's not a god. He's just a boy. And I'm just a girl, a girl who needs to pick up her own pieces and put them back together herself.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

tags: real-life, true-to-life

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“I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what makes you happy,but it's not really like that, you know? It's not that simple.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

tags: simple, the-way-i-used-to-be, truth

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“All you have to do is act like you’re normal and okay, and people start treating you that way.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

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Amber’s Quotes

“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”
― Adrienne Rich

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.”
― Eudora Welty, On Writing

tags: devotion, inspirational, learning, reading, writing

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“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: inspirational

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