Ami writes fiction, radio documentaries and drama. As a freelance producer for CBC radio, her work has aried on Maritime Magazine, This Morning, OutFront and The Sunday Edition. Her documentary, Daughter of Family G, won an Excellence in Journalism Medalion at The 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards. She has been a finalist in the Writers' Union of Canada Short Prose Competition as well as the recipient of a grant from The Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage. Ami's first novel, 'The Birth House' was a Globe and Mail number one bestseller. She is currently working on her second novel, 'The Virgin Cure'. Originally from the U.S., she now lives with her husband and two sons in a farmhouse on the Bay of Fundy.

The Birth House (2006)
The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.
Ami McKay''s work has aired on CBC radio''s Maritime Magazine, This Morning, OutFront, and The Sunday Edition. Her documentary, Daughter of Family G, won an Excellence in Journalism Medallion at the 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards. She is currently at work on her next novel, The Virgin Cure.

The Birth House is a Globe and Mail national bestseller

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Dutch - Uitg. Luitingh-Sijthoff BV; German - Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag GmbH; United Kingdom & Commonwealth - HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Lithuanian - Vaga Publishers Ltd; US - HarperCollins