Amie Borst is the multi-award-winning author of several books for young readers, including the Scarily Ever Laughter series, the Doomy Prepper series, and Unicorn Tales. She has had speaking engagements, book signings, and school visits nationwide and loves connecting with her readers.

Her writing journey began in college, but she didn’t return to it seriously until 2008 when she penned her first YA paranormal romance. In 2010 she co-authored a series of funny and creepy twisted fairy tales with her then ten-year-old daughter, Bethanie. The Scarily Ever Laughter series (Cinderskella, Little Dead Riding Hood, and Snow Fright) went on to secure a three-book deal and the mother-daughter writing duo appreciated features in Buzzfeed, Popsugar, Girls Life Magazine, and Hypable to name a few. Cinderskella received a glowing Kirkus review and has been used in classrooms to help young readers with reading and comprehension skills.

Then, in 2019, Amie continued her writing journey with Mr. Not Me (a picture book), Unicorn Tales (a high fantasy chapter book series for readers ages 6-10) and Doomy Prepper (a madcap science fiction series for readers ages 7-11), the later receiving two awards, the Feathered Quill gold medal for young readers and Reader’s Favorite silver medal, as well as great reviews from Litpick. You can watch the adorable book trailer here.

Unicorn Tales, having sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide, having been chosen as a top gift holiday list on Amazon, and which has several hundred highly rated reviews, maintains its position as Amie’s flagship series,

Amie continues to develop the Unicorn Tales series as well as Doomy Prepper and has several more forthcoming titles.

May of 2022 brought Amie two new opportunities. The first, a paranormal romance anthology, challenged her to return to her roots and write a 72,000-word fantasy romance under the pen name Isla Starr. The second was an opportunity with Hallmark Publishing where she submitted a small-town, feel-good romance under another pen name. Over 800 submissions were received, and her book was in the top 1% selected for potential publication. Unfortunately, Hallmark Publishing closed, but the experience of writing in this genre only opened Amie’s heart to embrace another true love.

Spanning almost two decades, Amie has enjoyed a fulfilling writing career. Some of her achievements include being a PAL member of the SCBWI and a founding member of From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors, one of the leading and premiere resources - with over 1.5 million hits - for middle grade books. Her contributions there spanned for nearly a decade.

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