Amy Dressler
ENGAGING, WITTY COMFORT READS
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“[a] sparkling debut” -Publisher’s Weekly
“Seriously, grab this gem and thank me later!”
-Sue E., Netgalley
“An absolutely beautiful debut novel with a fun premise.” -Trevin S., Goodreads
About
I write contemporary commercial fiction featuring heroines who wrestle their emotional baggage while maintaining a sense of humor. I’m currently working on The Shakespeare Project, a series of novels that reimagines Shakespeare’s comedies as contemporary rom-coms, with a focus on highlighting the inner emotional lives of the heroines.
I’m an active member of the Author's Guild, Women's Fiction Writer's Association, and the Pacific Northwest Author's Association, where my books have twice been recognized as contest finalists. I hold a certificate in Popular Fiction from the University of Washington, as well as a BA in English from Whitman College and a Master's in Library and Information Science, also from the University of Washington. My day job is in local government, but I've also worked as an academic librarian and freelance pop culture writer.
My hobbies include barely running (I’ve completed ten half marathons, slowly), cooking and baking, hiking, and relaxed travel. When I’m not writing, I can often be found cozied up with a book (follow me on Instagram to hear about what I’ve been reading), eating fancy cheese, shopping for fancy cheese, or cooking with fancy cheese. I live in the Seattle suburbs with my spouse and two high-maintenance cats, next door to my sister and a very silly dog. My love language is jokes.
Books
Out now!
This snappy, funny, and realistic enemies to lovers rom-com is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing spun into a small-town college romance--with a twist.
Beatrice is a stubborn, no-nonsense astronomy professor at a small college in wine country. While working toward her tenure, she spends an inordinate amount of time avoiding Ben, an annoying librarian she believes wronged her when they were students.
Her younger cousin Heron is a wistful senior in college. The opposite of Beatrice, she is a hopeless romantic. After Heron’s boyfriend proposes on a magical night at her father’s winery, Bea is worried her younger cousin is making a mistake. Heron responds to Bea’s criticism with a matchmaking scheme designed to show Bea the upside of romance. Bea and Ben become the subjects of an opposites-attract experiment, while Heron begins to question whether marriage is the right choice.
Heron’s world comes crashing down when she is at the center of a campus scandal. As Heron and Bea deal with the fallout, each finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about the best course for the future. Eventually, each woman must make a choice: Bea between the comfortable role of merry spinster or a fulfilling partnership; Heron between marriage or reaching for a new dream.
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The second Shakespeare Project book retells As You Like It: Roz is an overzealous advice columnist who writes for a magazine column made popular by her recently deceased mother. When she butts heads with her editor, she loses her job and inherited byline—the only things holding back the full weight of her grief. To continue writing, Roz takes a pen name and retreats to a small seaside town, but her alter ego soon wreaks havoc on her own life and the lives of those around her.
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