A.C. Wise

A.C. Wise is the author of Hooked and the bestselling Wendy, Darling. She also has two short story collections published by Lethe Press, Catfish Lullaby, a novella published by Broken Eye Books (2019), and The Ghost Sequences, a short story collection published by Undertow Books (2021), which was shortlisted for a 2021 Bram Stoker Award.

Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice being a finalist for the Nebula Award, twice being a finalist for the Sunburst Award, and being a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. In addition to her fiction, she contributes semi-regular review columns to The Book Smugglers and Apex Magazine. Originally from Canada, she now lives in Pennsylvania, US.

She tweets at @ac_wise.

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Books

  • Out of the Drowning Deep

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    2 Sep 2025

    Scribe IV is an obsolete automaton living on the Bastion, a secluded monastery in an abandoned corner of the galaxy. …

  • The Secret Romantic's Book of Magic

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    24 Jun 2025

    Fall in love with these 12 gorgeous romantasy stories from bestselling and beloved authors.

    Lost lovers return for a second …

  • Out of the Drowning Deep

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    3 Sep 2024

    Scribe IV is an obsolete automaton living on the Bastion, a secluded monastery in an abandoned corner of the galaxy. …

  • The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    9 May 2023

    The award-winning Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane bring together the masters of fantasy, science-fiction and horror, to spin stories inspired …

  • Twice Cursed: An Anthology

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    18 Apr 2023

    BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

    Take a trip to a terrifying carnival and uncover the secrets within, solve a …