Alison Hammer is half of the writing duo Ali Brady, the USA TODAY Bestselling author of romantic, heartwarming, funny novels including The Beach Trap, The Comeback Summer, Until Next Summer, Battle of the Bookstores (Penguin Random House), and the novellas, One Night, Two Holidays and Merry Little Bookshop. Their books have been “best of summer” picks by The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, and Katie Couric Media.
Alison lives in Chicago and works as an advertising creative director. She’s also the Founder and Co-President of The Artists Against Antisemitism, and the author of You and Me and Us and Little Pieces of Me (HarperCollins). She has no pets, plants or kids, but she does have three nephews—two human and one canine.
Alison was on America’s Funniest People in a 30 second prank involving a toilet plunger, a nail and a water balloon.
Her middle name is Mary, but her Hebrew name is Mayim, which means water. (She picked it herself!)
Alison doesn’t have any pets, plants or kids. But she does have two adorable nephews, Dylan and Alex
Her go-to karaoke songs are The Foundations’ “Build Me Up Buttercup” and Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now”
Alison loves music, and has created playlists to go with each of her books
Alison created a workshop designed to help companies help their employees to be strong writers.