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Amy loves PNW rainy days powered by too much coffee and writing to epic movie scores. She has a vintage suitcase full of old journals and a heart shaped rock collection. She has been skateboarding for 26 years. She is inspired by the grit and beauty of human connection, often drawing story out of struggles with identity, sexuality, grief and addiction. She holds an Anti-Oppressive Social Work Degree from the University of Victoria and is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts School of Creative Writing at Vancouver Island University. Amy is represented by Carolyn Forde of Transatlantic Agency and is currently writing her second novel, scrap poetry and raising a child. She won 3rd place in the 2024 Island Short Fiction Review and 2nd place in 2023. She was previously published in numerous skateboard magazines and the Globe and Mail. She holds gratitude for the Snuneymuxw First Nation whose unceded territory she lives, learns and loves on.

Amy Mattes

2025 A. Mattes/photos by Matt MacLeod

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