appeared in the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Oprah, Coastal Living, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Catapult, The Millions, The Rumpus, and many other publications.
Shearn has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and currently lives in Brooklyn with her two children.
Her latest novel is Animal Instinct.
[The Page 99 Test: How Far Is the Ocean from Here; Writers Read: Amy Shearn (March 2013); Q&A with Amy Shearn; My Book, The Movie: Dear Edna Sloane; The Page 69 Test: Dear Edna Sloane; The Page 69 Test: Animal Instinct; Writers Read: Amy Shearn (March 2025); My Book, The Movie: Animal Instinct]
At Tertulia Shearn tagged "nine great works of fiction about characters who lust after what they’re not supposed to." One title on the list:
Read about another entry on the list.Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
This quirky novel awakened in me a deep lust for drafty and problematic farmhouses in upstate New York even though I know that was really not the point — but there’s also a tense and fascinating affair between two women, one of whom is married to a man. It’s vividly written, full of lush detail, and laugh-out-loud funny.
Big Swiss is among Vanessa Lawrence's eight titles about young women searching for identity & purpose through work.
--Marshal Zeringue
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