Amy Doust

Amy Doust is a writer and teacher. While studying English and Arabic at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, she reconnected with her Arab family roots, living in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and later under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank during the second intifada. Her debut novel, Ever Land, grew out of these experiences. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize and has been acquired by Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House, and will be published in 2026.

She now lives in Essex with her husband and three children. Alongside writing and teaching English at secondary level, she is a member of Critical Collective, a woman’s group advocating against racism and crimes against humanity. While waiting for the publication of her novel, you can find her work on Electronic Intifada and Substack.