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Amy Ackley |
Amy Ackley lives in Brighton, Michigan with her husband an an assortment of high maintenance animals, including three daughters. She continues to write fiction for young adults and enjoys speaking with readers at schools, libraries and community events. |
Amy Ackley, a Michigan native, earned a B.S. in Human Resource Development from Oakland University and an M.S.A. in Human Resource Administration from Central Michigan University. She wore a variety of career hats (court clerk, flight attendant, labor relations specialist and substitute teacher, to name a few), while simultaneously writing fiction, her passion since childhood. |
About the Author |
Twitter: @amyackley73 |
Ackley's debut novel, Sign Language, was drawn from the loss of her father to cancer when she was a teen. In June 2010, Sign Language won the first Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Young Adult Fiction, and was published by Viking Juvenile in August 2011. |