Avery Timmons

Avery Timmons is an Illinois-based author holding a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing with a concentration in fiction from Columbia College Chicago.Her debut novel, a young adult fantasy book titled THICKER THAN WATER, will be published in September 2025 with Wild Ink Publishing. MAIMED, a YA fantasy novel set in the same universe, will be published with Wild Ink in 2026.She is represented by Gabriella Melendez at Great Dog Literary and is currently on submission with a YA contemporary romance novel.Regardless of genre, she loves to write about protagonists who are trying to figure out who they want to be and their place in the world. She often draws inspiration from the other things she loves besides books: music, theater, and the city of Chicago.

THICKER THAN WATER

September 16, 2025, Wild Ink Publishing

YA urban fantasy | found family | coming-of-age | complex family dynamics

Eighteen-year-old Lydia Ross wants nothing more than to be normal, which is impossible, considering she’s half-vampire, half-human. But she finds her escape from her overprotective father when she starts her freshman year of college in downtown Chicago.Just as Lydia feels like she is finally fitting in among her newfound human friends, she gets lost in the facade and accidentally attacks a classmate. The attack unlocks a fantastical world of fellow vampires, Fae, and even werewolves that has been hidden just below the surface of her everyday life—including its secrets and threats.Caught between the two sides of herself, her blood family, and her found family, Lydia is faced with the struggles of self-acceptance and impossible decisions, including her biggest fear: coming clean to the humans in her life and risk losing them for good.

MAIMED

2026, Wild Ink Publishing

YA fantasy | dual POV | dual timeline | forbidden/doomed love | complex family dynamics

Faerie Prince Exodus just wants to live a quiet life—but unfortunately, as the Autumn Court heir who holds the rare magical gift of mental manipulation, a quiet life is the last thing he’ll get. Even though he dreads the day he will become King and be responsible for his younger siblings and an entire kingdom, Exodus goes through the motions to appease his father, including agreeing to court the seemingly perfect princess of the Spring Court. But when Exodus meets Azalea—the Courtless Fae assassin anonymously assigned to kill him—he finds himself caught in a forbidden love affair, all the while trying to balance his responsibilities.Six years after Exodus abruptly ends their relationship without explanation, Azalea is hired by Exodus’ father for a job with a price too good to turn down. All she has to do is kill the Summer Court King—and live under the same roof as her ex-lover while she plans to do so. Her one goal is to complete the job while ignoring her lingering feelings and get out, but what she doesn’t expect is to not only find herself giving in to her feelings for Exodus, but to uncover secrets that will threaten not only their second chance at love, but her life.

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