Holly Brickley

Hello! I’m a writer, mostly of fiction. My novel DEEP CUTS is out now in the US and UK/Commonwealth, and is either published or coming soon in 15 other languages. Deep Cuts is also being adapted into an A24 film starring Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler.

I was born and raised in Hope, British Columbia, a tiny town surrounded by mountains (fun fact: they filmed the first Rambo movie there). At 18 I moved to the States, studying English at UC Berkeley and then getting an MFA in Fiction at Columbia University. Instead of putting this education to any sort of literary use, I spent the next decade running around San Francisco and New York, working in trend research and branding, and basically making a career of going out. I now live with my husband and two daughters in a creaky old house in Portland, Oregon, where I prefer to stay in, and write.

Photo taken by Susan Seubert at the great Sandy Hut bar (I still go out sometimes).

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News

Canadians, I’ll be at the Calgary Wordfest as well as the Vancouver Writers Festival. Tickets are available now for my Vancouver events: Lyrics Night on Oct. 24th (this will be super fun) and Soundtrack of Life on Oct. 25th.

10/2025:

I will be speaking at Pickathon, a music festival in Oregon, as part of their literary panel. Come for the bands (Being Dead! Glitterfox!), stay for me and other writers blabbing!

8/2025:

I have a personal essay published in the journal Off Assignment, as part of their “Goodbye to That Place” column.

7/2025:

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FAQs

  • While supplies last, US residents can order signed copies from Books are Magic in NYC: Order here

    UPDATE: Supplies no longer last. If you DM me on Instagram I can send you a signed bookplate?

  • I mean, it’s not like I’m one of the Wilson Phillips ladies or something. But I grew up with music in a way that is, I think, unique.

    My dad Chuck Brickley, known these days as a haiku poet, wrote songs in the 80’s and 90’s. Three were nominated for Juno awards. It would be difficult to overstate my dad’s influence on the way I hear and interpret music. Here is one of my favorite Chuck Brickley songs, if you’re interested. And here is his breathtaking poetry.

    My uncle Tim Brickley is also a talented songwriter and musician. As a teenager I loved hanging out in the back of his Indianapolis recording studio, Hit City. Here is my favorite Tim Brickley song.

  • I don’t know, but it’s not me!

    (Truly, it’s not. I wish I could help out, and I really do think your bestie would make a perfect Zoe, but she will need to go through the proper channels. I’m sorry!)

  • I hope so! I update here semi-regularly, but the best way to get timely news is to follow me on Instagram @hollybrick.