Emily Barth Isler is the author of the middle grade novels AfterMath (Carolrhoda/Lerner, September 2021) and The Color of Sound (March 2024), as well as the upcoming picture book, Always Enough Love, which will be published by Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin RandomHouse in 2026.
The Color of Sound features a character who, like Emily, has synesthesia. The book has received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. John Cho, New York Times bestselling author of Troublemaker calls The Color of Sound “a valentine to families everywhere.”
AfterMath is an award-winning middle grade novel about grief, resilience, friendship, math, and mime. Comedian and activist Amy Schumer calls AfterMath "A gift to the culture," and author Judith Viorst pronounced it "pretty close to perfect."
Emily writes regularly about sustainability, organic/eco-friendly skincare, and healthy beauty products for Oprah Daily, Allure, Organic Spa, etc. Her recent feature for Oprah Quarterly Magazine, What "Clean Beauty" Means Now, investigates the science and ethics of sustainability, consumption and beauty.
A passionate advocate for gun control in America, Emily has written extensively on the topic for publications like Publisher's Weekly, Today.com and Kveller.com, as well as donating a portion of proceeds from her debut novel, AfterMath, to gun violence prevention organizations such as Everytown, Moms Demand, Teachers Unify, Survivors Empowered, and March for our Lives.
AfterMath was chosen as a Nate's Reads bookclub pick by Nate Berkus, a Mighty Girl's Books of the Year winner for 2021, and won the Mathical Book Prize in 2022.
She has a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children.
