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Amy Squires is a writer, animal activist and baker. A born and raised Chicagoan, she's lived and worked in some of the best cities in the world: New Orleans, San Francisco, London, New York, Brooklyn, Chicago and now Los Angeles. 

Today, she’s taking her decades of NGO experience working for some of the top charities in the world, her passion for causes, her joy and her angst of writing (depending on the day), and her delight in sharing her grandmother’s ginger cookies with the world; and writing, advocating and baking her way into her new city. 

She and her incredibly talented husband, photographer Frank Ishman, moved to LA a couple years ago after spending seven years living in her childhood home, looking after her 90+ year-old father, and desperately missing her mother. 

While she’s still missing a walkable neighborhood and a good pub, she’s loving dipping her toes in the Pacific and the discovery of succulents. Her new mantra: This is where we are now. 

To learn more about Amy’s upcoming memoir, Uncovering the Lily, and find out when her ginger cookies will be ready for shipping – please get in touch.

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