Amber Garza

Garza writes domestic suspense with mothers at the centre, usually a woman whose ordinary worry proves justified in a worse way than she had imagined. When I Was You gives two women the same name and lets one of them decide the other is her business. A Mother Would Know returns an ageing musician to the house where something happened, with a son she is no longer sure of and a memory she cannot rely on. She writes from California, published several novels for teenagers before moving to adult suspense, and works to a fast schedule.