Ami McKay

AMI McKAY is the author of three internationally bestselling novels--The Birth House, The Virgin Cure and The Witches of New York, as well as the recent yuletide novella, Half Spent Was the Night.

Her latest book, a memoir: Daughter of Family G, had its beginnings in a radio documentary she wrote and produced tracing her decision to undergo genetic testing. The documentary won a Silver Medallion at the Atlantic Journalism Awards, was nominated for a Gabriel Award, and aired on both The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio and on National Public Radio in the US.

Born and raised in Indiana, McKay now lives in Nova Scotia.