Violet has grown stronger and fiercer than ever, she knows that although being a surrogate was a brutal and soul destroying reality of the Jewel, it was in a way a gift to break out of her shell and be the woman that she is now. But what you need to know is that it is glorious, emotionally touching, amazing and raw and quite simply a stunning finale to such a unique and poignant dystopian series of these last few years. From the moment I started page 1 of The Black Key it’s like I never left the world of the Lone City. She lives in Harlem, where she spends her days writing, eating cheese, and occasionally binge watching The Vampire Diaries.It’s quite hard to tell you about this book as I don’t want to spoil it for you. She worked in restaurants, as an administrative assistant, a nanny, and a sales representative for a wine distributor before the lack of creativity in her life drove her to begin writing.Īmy received her MFA in Creative Writing for Children from The New School, where she was lucky enough to meet a fabulous community of YA writers who keep her sane on a daily basis. Unfortunately, her acting career didn’t quite pan out. Amy moved to New York City in 2000 to study theater at New York University. She grew up in a small town outside Boston, where her librarian mother instilled a deep love of reading at a young age. She lives in Ha Amy Ewing is the young adult author of The Jewel, the first in a trilogy from HarperTeen, coming out September 2014. Amy received her MFA in Creative Writing for Children from The New School, where she was lucky enough to meet a fabulous community of YA writers who keep her sane on a daily basis. She worked in restaurants, as an administrative assistant, a nanny, and a sales representative for a wine distributor before the lack of creativity in her life drove her to begin writing.

Amy Ewing is the young adult author of The Jewel, the first in a trilogy from HarperTeen, coming out September 2014.

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