Amber McBride

Amber McBride is an award-winning author, poet, and folklorist who writes for children and adults.

Amber’s debut young adult novel, Me (Moth), was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. McBride’s middle grade debut, Gone Wolf, won the LA Times Book Award for Children’s Literature. Her young adult novel, The Leaving Room, was shortlisted for the 2025 national book award in Young People’s Literature.

She is also an herbalist and practices Hoodoo (an African American folk-magick practice). Before she started writing full time, Amber was an assistant professor for a decade at The University of Virginia and James Madison University