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Amy Mattes holds a degree in anti-oppressive social work from the University of Victoria and is currently enrolled in a bachelor of arts in creative writing at Vancouver Island University. She is working on a second novel, writing poetry and raising a child. She won second place in the Islands Short Fiction Review Contest in 2023 and has been previously published in The Globe and Mail and Portal Magazine. Mattes lives in Nanaimo, BC, and Late September is her first novel.
""Late September is a personal epic, a singular account of early adult life in a new city full of promises and disenchantment. A prose that is ruthlessly realistic yet almost magical and poetic, which blends the city life with the protagonist's inner struggles and her intimate universe, giving us an authentic coming of age tale, powerful and beautifully crafted."" --Stephane Larue, author of Le Plongeur, finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction ""Late September is a courageous, vivid, gritty, and surprisingly redemptive portrayal of a young woman in emotional and physical flux. I adored this novel's main character Ines, who is a skateboarder, a sister, a friend, and a lover, but also a kind of lightning rod for the wounded souls that surround her. With surprises packed into every page, this story addresses trauma and its aftermath with a striking power."" --Michael Christie, author of Greenwood ""Late September is a breathtaking ride through an unbounded and sensual Montreal. Amy Mattes' lyrical prose allows us to fall in love with Ines, desperate to be seen, and whose voice rests on the sublime tipping point between vulnerability and sentimentality."" --Susan Sanford Blades, author of Fake It So Real
