Amber Nuyens

Position
Credentials
BA (UBCO), MFA (UVic)
Area of expertise
Fiction, creative nonfiction.
Amber Nuyens grew up on Syilx Okanagan territory (Winfield, BC) and lives on unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ territory (Victoria, BC) with her elderly lizard. She is the author of the chapbook These Dead Things are Not My Fault (broke press, 2025) and is currently working on a collection of short fiction and a novel. Amber’s work has been shortlisted for awards including the Bridge Prize and the Okanagan Short Story Contest, and she has won multiple awards including the UBC Okanagan Creative Writing Prize. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines including carte blanche, PRISM international, Moss, and HAD.