Who’s Cori
Hi, I’m Cori Wamsley, the award-winning author of the Soul Sisterhood series, best friend stories with a side of sweet romance. My books are enchanting and witty women’s fiction, woven with the magic of self-discovery, history, adventure, and falling in love.
I have written eleven books, including Good in Theory (2025), the third in the Soul Sisterhood series, which won a The BookFest Award for excellence in fiction in 2025. My books Braving the Shore and The Treasures We Seek were lauded with The Author Zone Awards for excellence in fiction in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
By the Numbers
12 books total
4 in the Soul Sisterhood
20 years as a pro writer
2 trips to Europe
30 years writing
2 daughters
1 favorite husband
1M books on my TBR
0 tolerance for hate
Aside from writing books, I also run a small publishing house, Aurora Corialis Publishing, where I help authors write and publish their personal stories of overcoming. I holds a master’s and bachelor’s in English literature and a bachelor’s in biology from West Virginia University.
I live in Pittsburgh, PA, US, with my husband and two creative tween daughters. When I’m not at my desk, I love painting, crafting, playing piano, singing, reading sweet romance, and dreaming about traveling to Europe. I can be bribed with dark chocolate, quiet time, gorgeous clothes, pink and purple anything, and my children following my instructions.
Favorite Quotes from my Books
Good in Theory
“If I could bottle this moment, the way he’s looking so intensely at me, I would do it in a heartbeat, and I would take a sip every day and get drunk on the way that tiny seed in my belly is starting to spread its warm tendrils throughout my abdomen, into my chest cavity, and around my heart.”
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“I know deep down that it wasn’t the missing culture and a ham sandwich making nuclear babies together, but at the same time, I have this weird feeling in my gut, like when you think you’ve left the curling iron on. It’s a shame they aren’t giving out any info so I can stop feeling like it was me.”
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“Her eyes are distant, staring into that place where memories lie.”
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“No one is more thorough in their cleaning than someone avoiding something.”
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“Nervousness and ego are twin butterflies keeping me bolted in place as they flutter throughout my body.”
The Treasures We Seek
“I blink a couple times as this new reality sets in. ‘Then I guess we’re going to Rome!’
“Lauren grabs me again and squeezes me like a boa constrictor. ‘Eeeee! I’m so excited.'”
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“Then, with my head firmly in la la land, I nearly smack into Logan coming out of the break room with a little more holly jolly in his step than most people have at this time in the morning. I narrowly miss dumping my coffee on him, slipping my hand off to the side and by some miracle keeping all the coffee in the mug.”
Braving the Shore
“You can’t run very easily on the beach. Your feet sink in the sand, and you can only go so far from the shore before you have to swim.
“But if you can’t run, then you have to stay. You have to soak in the fears. The memories. The good and bad. You have to accept what has come to pass before and hope to grow from it.
“And that means being brave.
“Was she ready?”
Reader Testimonial
“Good in Theory is a well-crafted, rollicking story filled with humor and romance. It is especially sure to please mystery-lovers, readers who appreciate a strong female protagonist, and anyone who laughs at science jokes.”
~Ann K. Howley