Ellery Adams

Ellery Adams is the USA Today & New York Times bestselling author of over forty mystery novels. She’s written multiple series including The Secret, Book, and Scone Society, The Book Retreat, and The Books By the Bay mysteries. Invasive Species, her genre-blending novel about four suburban women struggling to tame their inner monsters, releases in April 2026.

Ellery grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound, went to college and grad school in Pennsylvania, and now writes from her home in central North Carolina. She considers herself “baked in the North and buttered in the South.” She loves rescue animals, jigsaw puzzles, coffee, college football, and stuffing her shelves with beautiful books and vintage knickknacks

For book club discussion questions, lists of Nora Pennington's bibliotherapy titles, and more visit Ellery's website or find her on Instagram @elleryadams.