Amanda Eyre Ward is the New York Times bestselling author of Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Love Stories in This Town, Forgive Me, Close Your Eyes, The Same Sky, The Nearness of You, The Jetsetter’s, The Lifeguards and Lovers and Liars. Her bestselling novels have been featured in People Magazine, The New York Times, and more. Amanda publishes nonfiction in Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and more, and publishes original work on Audible.com. Amanda’s work has been optioned for film and television and translated into fifteen languages.
The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood. The Jetsetters was selected by Reese Witherspoon for her “Hello Sunshine” book club in March 2020. Her novel, The Lifeguards, explores the bonds between three picture-perfect—but viciously protective—mothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer. Her most recent novel, Lovers and Liars, is a national bestseller about three wild different sisters who reunite for a destination wedding at an English castle.
Amanda has also co-written a work of nonfiction, titled The Sober Lush (June 2020), with Jardine Libaire. The Sober Lush provides a road map for living a lush and sensual life without booze. Her latest novel, The Lifeguards, comes out April, 2022.
Amanda’s work has garnered many accolades, including the Violet Crown Book Award (Sleep Toward Heaven), a Target Bookmarked Pick (How to Be Lost and The Same Sky), and a Kirkus Best Book Pick (Close Your Eyes). After spending time in Maine, Cape Cod and New Orleans, Amanda and her family settled in Texas, where she currently lives.
“From our initial meeting at a Book and Author event in Indianapolis to when she departed our conference site, my interactions with Amanda were personal and professional. We gave each conference participant a book a month in advance and asked them to read it before her presentation. She offered a highly personalized presentation, in an interesting and intellectually stimulating fashion, focusing on the underlying subject matter issues as well as the fictionalized story. Amanda graciously included an author ‘meet and greet’ in our program and spoke to the educators about writing style, story ideas and other related topics.” — Catholic Diocese of Evansville
