In addition to Pointe, Claw, Amber Keyser is the author of The Way Back from Broken (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015), a heart-wrenching novel of loss and survival, and The V-Word (Beyond Words/Simon Pulse, 2016), an anthology of personal essays by women about first-time sexual experiences, which was chosen as one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books for Teens 2016 and the Chicago Public Library’s Best Nonfiction for Teens 2016.