About Ami McKay Ami McKay was born and raised in Indiana. She moved to Scot’s Bay, Nova Scotia, in 2000. Her first novel, The Birth House, is a Canadian bestseller and was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She is currently at work on her second novel. Books by Ami McKay Before My Time A Memoir of Love and Fate by (author) Ami McKay Daughter of Family G A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate by (author) Ami McKay Half Spent Was the Night A Witches' Yuletide by (author) Ami McKay The Witches of New York by (author) Ami McKay The Virgin Cure by (author) Ami McKay The Birth House by (author) Ami McKay Jerome The Historical Spectacle by (author) Ami McKay