Amity Gaige (born 1972) is an American novelist, known for her books O My Darling, The Folded World, Schroder, and Sea Wife.

[1] Amity Gaige was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, to an academic father and a psychologist mother.

[citation needed][2] Her first novel, O My Darling (Other Press, 2005)[3] won her a place in the inaugural year of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Awards.

The novel stirred controversy in its depiction of a reckless young father who flees with his six-year-old daughter on a road trip through New England after a custody battle.

[24] The novel was selected as a Group Text pick by Elisabeth Egan of The New York Times, who wrote in her review, "Gaige tows you to tragedy with the graceful crawl of a poet and the motorboat intensity of a suspense author.