Nanette L. Avery writes with a keen eye for what people hide and a deep love for what words reveal. Her fiction is layered, lyrical, and laced with the kind of truths that linger l...view moreNanette L. Avery writes with a keen eye for what people hide and a deep love for what words reveal. Her fiction is layered, lyrical, and laced with the kind of truths that linger long after the final page.
Having spent formative years in the Virgin Islands, she brings a vibrant sense of place and quiet observation to every story. From the acclaimed Orphan in America to the haunting depths of The Colony, Avery's work traverses memory, history, and emotional fault lines with wit, grace, and unexpected turns.
She lives outside Nashville, Tennessee, watches subtitled films like they're love letters from another life, and believes the most powerful lines are the ones that almost don't say everything.view less