Thanks for visiting! I’m Amy, and this is my kid-lit author site. You can see some current works-in-progress here.

Amy Chini

I worked for many years as a theatre artisan- mostly making props and occasionally designing sets. I had the good fortune of co-writing a full-length play that was produced twice back in the 2000s.

If you want to see some fun recent prop projects, click here!

I have a degree in Environmental Studies from Naropa University in Boulder, CO where I also earned a permaculture design certificate. Stay tuned for some permaculture-adjacent picture books currently percolating!

I like reading all kinds of books and playing music with my family. Once in a while I even lay down a few tracks.

FAQs

  • Thanks for asking. It’s like KEY-knee. Say it the same way you say zucCHINI. Or biKINI.

  • She/her/hers

  • I live in San Diego, CA with my partner, our 2 kids, and our cat Pete who falls off of things like it’s his job.

  • Oooh, it’s so hard. Some favs: Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea and Lane Smith, and Chez Bob, also by Bob Shea. The Frank Show by David Mackintosh, Jitter Bug Jam by Barbara Jean Hicks and Alexis Deacon. The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan and Sophie Blackall, and Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen.

    My goal, though, is to diversify my shelf, and get my hands on more picture books written by #12x12Challenge authors!

    I have a major soft spot for Mercer Mayers’ Little Critter books.

  • I am currently seeking representation.

On my Shelf 2024!

Recent reads include The Color Purple, The Prospectors, The Beatryce Prophecy and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. (Was my Jan 2024 theme the letter “P?”)

Currently reading The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma.

Here’s what my future holds:

Some all-time PB favs: