The Basic Bio

Amber Mays grew up daydreaming in the tranquil forests of southeastern Iowa. She discovered a passion for conjuring up stories early on and spent hours of her childhood writing “books” at her pink picnic table.

Surrounded by a family of musicians, artists, and writers—and cats, always cats—Amber’s imagination flourished behind her shyness. Inspired by love, despair, joy, horror, and everything in between, her truest expression always existed in written words.

Today she spends her time near St. Louis with her quirky family and an ever-present herd of felines, jotting down poems and always planning her next visit to the ocean. In between loads of laundry and Taco Tuesdays, she weaves tales of terror, tragedy, strength, and redemption.

She’s come to find, after years of exploring the complexities of the human mind, that heroes and villains aren’t so very different after all.