Carley Fortune
Carley Fortune
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Carley Fortune is a Canadian author and former journalist whose contemporary romances are set against Canada's lakes and coastlines. Before writing fiction she spent more than a decade in magazines, working as an editor at The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Toronto Life, and launching Refinery29 Canada, which she led as Executive Editor until leaving journalism in 2021.
She holds a journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her debut novel, Every Summer After (2022), became an instant bestseller and established her as a number-one New York Times bestselling author. It was followed by Meet Me at the Lake (2023), This Summer Will Be Different (2024), One Golden Summer (2025), and Our Perfect Storm (2026).
Many of her stories draw on the childhood summers she spent in Barry's Bay, a small town on Kamaniskeg Lake in Ontario that became the setting for both Every Summer After and One Golden Summer. Several of her novels are being adapted for screen. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.
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She was an award-winning journalist and editor, working at The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Toronto Life, and launching Refinery29 Canada as its Executive Editor before leaving journalism in 2021 to write fiction full-time.
She spent her childhood summers in Barry's Bay, a small town on Kamaniskeg Lake in Ontario. That real place inspired the lake settings of both Every Summer After and One Golden Summer.
Yes. Every Summer After became the Prime Video series Every Year After, Meet Me at the Lake is in development as a Netflix film with Archewell Productions, and This Summer Will Be Different is being adapted as a Netflix series.
Yes. Her 2022 debut became an instant bestseller, and she is now a number-one New York Times bestselling author.
She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.
Publication order is Every Summer After, Meet Me at the Lake, This Summer Will Be Different, One Golden Summer, and Our Perfect Storm. Most are standalones, though One Golden Summer connects to Every Summer After through the Barry's Bay setting and the Florek family.