Damaged

by Amy Reed

Hardcover

About the author

Amy Reed was born and raised in and around Seattle, where she attended a total of eight schools by the time she was eighteen. Constant moving taught her to be restless, and being an only child made her imagination do funny things. After a brief stint at Reed College (no relation), she moved to San Francisco and spent the next several years serving coffee and getting into trouble. She eventually graduated from film school, promptly decided she wanted nothing to do with filmmaking, returned to her original and impractical love of writing, and earned her MFA from New College of California. After thirteen years in the Bay Area, she now resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

Amy is the award-winning author of the following books for young adults: BEAUTIFUL (2009), CLEAN (2011), CRAZY (2012), OVER YOU (2013), DAMAGED (2014), INVINCIBLE (2015), UNFORGIVABLE (2016), THE THE NOWHERE GIRLS (2017), OUR STORIES, OUR VOICES (2018), and THE BOY AND GIRL WHO BROKE THE WORLD (2019), and TELL ME MY NAME (2021).

THE CULTING OF AMERICA: WHAT MAKES A CULT AND WHY WE LOVE THEM (2026) is her first non-fiction book for adults, co-written with Daniella Mestyanek Young.

Her first novel for adults is forthcoming in early 2027.

Amy is a feminist, mother, and Virgo who enjoys running, making lists, and wandering around the mountains of western North Carolina. You can find her online at amyreedfiction.com and on social media @amyreedfiction.