Amy Engel books

Amy Engel is a former criminal defense attorney turned novelist, known for the young adult dystopian series The Book of Ivy and the adult thriller The Roanoke Girls.

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Roanoke Girls 2017 Buy
The Familiar Dark 2020 Buy
I Did It For You 2023 Buy

The Book of Ivy Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Kurucunun Kızı 2014 N/A
The Book of Ivy 2014 Buy
The Revolution of Ivy 2015 Buy

Amy Engel is a former criminal defense attorney who turned to writing fiction. Her debut was The Book of Ivy (2014), a young adult dystopian novel about a girl assigned to marry the son of a political leader, with secret orders to kill him. The sequel, The Revolution of Ivy, followed in 2015.

Engel then moved to adult fiction with The Roanoke Girls (2017), a thriller about a woman who returns to her family’s Kansas estate to search for her missing cousin, only to confront a dark family secret. She has continued writing suspense novels with The Familiar Dark (2020) and I Did It For You (2023). Her legal background informs the crime and justice themes in her work.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Amy Engel written?

Amy Engel has written six books across two series.

What was Amy Engel's first book?

Amy Engel’s first book is Kurucunun Kızı, published in 2014.

What did Amy Engel do before becoming a novelist?

Amy Engel worked as a criminal defense attorney before turning to writing fiction. She lives in Missouri with her family.

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