Amy N. Stewart is an American author best known for books on

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

and the natural world.

Biography

Stewart grew up in Arlington, Texas, with her father, the musician Vic Stewart, who toured with Doc Severinsen’s road band; her mother, Dee Stewart, who had a career in public relations; and her younger brother, Jason Stewart, who is a film and television editor. She graduated from Arlington High School and received a B.A. degree in

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

and a master's in community and regional planning (MSCRP) from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...

. Stewart was a co-founder of the gardening blog
Garden Rant
'. She currently lives in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

. Her poison plant garden in Eureka was included in

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's list of the 18 strangest gardens in the world.

Books

* ''From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden''.

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(2001) ;

St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...

(2001) . A memoir of the author's experiences gardening in

Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz ( Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a po ...

. * ''The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms'' (2004).

. A natural history of the

earthworm An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a tube-within-a-tube body plan; they are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation; and they usually have setae on all segments. T ...

. This book earned the author a fellowship from the

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. * ''Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful'' (2008).

. A survey of the global flower business. This book appeared on the extended

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list on March 4, 2007. * ''Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities'' (2009).

. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs. A compendium of

poisonous Poison is a chemical substance that has a detrimental effect to life. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figuratively, with a broa ...

, invasive, and illegal

plants Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude ...

. This book reached #8 on the New York Times bestseller list. * ''Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects'' (2011).

. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs. A compendium of

, painful, and invasive insects. * ''The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks'' (2013).

. . Winner of the

International Association of Culinary Professionals The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) is a United States-based not-for-profit professional association whose members work in culinary education, communication, or the preparation of food and beverage. History The organizati ...

Judge's Award in 2014. * ''Girl Waits With Gun'' (2015). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. . An historical novel based on the lives of Constance Kopp and her sisters Norma and Fleurette. * ''Lady Cop Makes Trouble'' (2016). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . Second book in the Kopp Sisters series; a sequel to ''Girl Waits With Gun''. Constance Kopp tracks down an escaped prisoner. * ''Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions'' (2017). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . Third book in the Kopp Sisters series; Stewart addresses the practice of arresting young women on morality charges. *''Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit'' (2018). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. . The fourth book in the Kopp Sisters series follows Constance Kopp and her sisters during a contentious local election. *''Kopp Sisters on the March'' (2019). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-29964-6. In the fifth book in the Kopp Sisters series, Constance, Norma, and Fleurette go to a National Service School. *''Dear Miss Kopp'' (2021). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-09312-1. The sixth Kopp Sisters book, an

epistolary novel An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters. The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse documents of other kinds with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered ...

set during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. *''Miss Kopp Investigates'' (2021). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-09311-4. In the seventh book in the Kopp Sisters series, the trio become private detectives.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Amy Living people American women non-fiction writers University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture alumni People from Eureka, California People from Arlington, Texas Writers from Portland, Oregon Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from California Writers from Texas 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American nature writers