Women outlive men by almost five years. Almost nobody asks why.
The playbook for how female bodies actually age, and how to keep the advantage you were born with. Pre-order in any format, from any store, and the three bonuses below are yours.
Hardcover $32.00 · Ebook $15.99 · Audiobook $24.99 · On sale February 23, 2027 · Outside the US?
Pre-order once. Three bonuses, one email.
Any format, any retailer, any country, claimed by March 2, 2027.
The Midlife Hormone Field Guide
My 14-page field guide to perimenopause and menopause, the one I give my own patients. Not available anywhere on my site. Book buyers only.
- The ten-year timeline, stage by stage, so you know where you actually are
- The tear-out lab panel: what to test, when in your cycle, and what each result tells you
- Progesterone, estradiol, testosterone, and vaginal estrogen: what each one gives back
- The questions to ask a prospective doctor, and where to find one who prescribes
Arrives the minute you claim
Chapter One, read by me
The opening chapter of The Female Longevity Advantage, read by me. It is the chapter that explains why women outlive men, and why almost nobody asks why.
- Audio for the car, video if you want to see my face
- Yours before the book is out anywhere
Lands in your inbox before launch
A live Q&A with me in launch week
One evening on Zoom the week the book ships, for the people who pre-ordered. Ask me anything about the book, the science, and what I do myself.
- Cannot make it live? Everyone who claims gets the recording
Invitation by email in February
Pre-order the book
Hardcover, ebook or audiobook, from whichever store you like. Every format and every store is listed below.
Paste your order number
It is in the confirmation email from the retailer. No screenshots, no uploads. Honor system.
Check your inbox
The field guide arrives within a few minutes. Chapter One and your Q&A invitation follow by email before launch.
Claim your bonuses
One form, everything above, no receipt photos.
- The Midlife Hormone Field Guide, right away
- Chapter One read by me, before launch
- Your invitation to the launch-week Q&A
- Three or more copies: a signed bookplate to the address you give me
- Ten or more: forward your order confirmation and your Book Club Kit follows
Done. Go check your inbox.
The Midlife Hormone Field Guide is on its way now. Chapter One and your Q&A invitation follow by email before launch.
Not there in ten minutes? Check spam and promotions, then add amy@dramykillen.com to your contacts.
Bonuses come from me, not the retailer. Everything I send is educational only, not medical advice.
Three or more copies add a signed bookplate by mail, and copies count whether they ship to you or to her. Group orders start at ten.
Take the labs guide anyway.
My Optimal Labs Guide: the values your doctor should be checking and the targets tied to the lowest disease risk, not just what is “normal.” Free, for an email.
You are in.
Check your inbox, the Optimal Labs Guide is on its way.
What people are saying
“Most of what we know about longevity was studied in men and then handed to women as if the biology were the same. Amy Killen starts from the opposite premise. The Female Longevity Advantage puts ovarian aging where it belongs, at the center of how women age, and treats hormone therapy as longevity medicine rather than a last resort for hot flashes. A clear, practical, science-grounded resource for any woman who wants to age on her own terms.”
“Dr. Killen dives deep into the science of female physiology with actionable steps all in one place.”
“Women are not simply ageing versions of men. Every woman should read it.”
“This is a paradigm-shifting guide to female longevity.”
“The future of longevity medicine must include women, not as an afterthought, but as the focus.”
“You want to age with strength and vitality? This is your book.”
“Most books in this space sell hope. This one delivers evidence. Rigorous, funny, and overdue.”
What’s inside
Most longevity advice was built on male biology and a lot of wishful thinking. This book ends both.
Women are biologically better at not dying
We outlive men in every country, on every continent, even through famines and plagues. And yet, somehow, we spend more of those bonus years feeling lousy. Why? Mostly because medicine forgot to study us.
Your ovaries are running the show
Not just for babies. For everything. Heart, brain, bones, mood, metabolism, immune system. Picture Mission Control with better intuition and zero room for nonsense. Then one day they retire, and somehow nobody warned you. We fix that here.
You were born with four superpowers
Energy. Security. Stretch. Connection. Four biological advantages evolution built around the egg, the same architecture that quietly lets women outlast men through ice ages, plagues, and modern Mondays. The book hands you the map.
Where everything collides
Hormone loss plus lifestyle drift plus the modern environment go to war on your Stack. The fallout shows up in your heart, brain, gut, bones, skin, and sex life, sometimes all at once. These chapters draw the battle map and tell you exactly where to plant your flag.
The most underused power tool we’ve got
Hormone Optimization Therapy is misunderstood, undertreated, and quietly the closest thing we have to an actual longevity drug for women. The book separates the headlines from the evidence, and tells you exactly how to have the conversation with your doctor. Or find a new one.
Stacked. Shifted. Restacked.
The hormones don’t last forever. The architecture does. You rebuild what the ovaries used to handle, on purpose, using MENTS: Movement, Environment, Nutrition, Tribe, Sleep. Yes, afternoon sex and long brunches with friends count.
Why pre-order, and why now
Little, Brown Spark · 304 pages · On sale February 23, 2027 · Bonuses close March 2
Every pre-order counts in launch week, whatever the format and wherever you buy it. If this book is going to land on a list and reach more women, it is because readers like you ordered early.
Hardcover, ebook or audiobook: pick the one you will actually read or listen to. Thank you for ordering it early.
My mom broke her hip. Then they took away her estrogen.
My mother was active, sharp, and on hormone therapy that was working. Then she broke her hip. At discharge, her internist drew a big X through her estrogen and progesterone and said, “You don’t need these anymore.” The medication protecting her bones, crossed out with a red pen, right after the fracture it might have prevented.
I have spent my career in emergency rooms and longevity clinics watching versions of that moment happen to women over and over: dismissed, misdiagnosed, undertreated, and told it is all just part of getting older. It is not. This book is the playbook I wish someone had handed her, and the one I want in your hands long before you need it.
“The female version of longevity isn’t about winning some grim race to the finish line. It’s about finding the smartest, sneakiest route through, and enjoying the view along the way.”From the introduction
Where to pre-order
Pick your format, then your store. Every link opens in a new tab, so this page stays put for the claim step.
Hardcover Little, Brown Spark · 304 pages
Ebook Reads on any phone, tablet or e-reader
Audiobook Unabridged · Hachette Audio
Outside the United States
Print editions by country. The ebook and audiobook are available in most countries through Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play.
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
Australia
Ordering for a group?
Clinics, practices, book clubs, teams and conferences: the Book Club Kit at ten copies, a private book club with me at twenty-five, and books in lieu of my speaking fee for bigger events.
Questions I get about the book
Does the ebook or audiobook count?
Yes. Hardcover, ebook and audiobook pre-orders all qualify, from any store. Paste your order number and claim.
I already ordered. Does that count?
Yes. Any pre-order claimed by March 2, 2027 qualifies, whichever format, whenever you placed it. Paste the order number and claim.
Why do ten or more copies need a confirmation?
Ten or more unlocks the Book Club Kit, so I check the order first. After you submit, forward your retailer order confirmation to amy@dramykillen.com with the subject “Book receipt”, and the kit follows within a day. Every group option is here.
Where do I find my order number?
In the confirmation email from the retailer. Amazon’s looks like 111-1234567-1234567. No screenshots, no uploads.
I am outside the US.
Amazon ships the US hardcover worldwide, and the UK edition is on Amazon UK, Waterstones, Booktopia and BookHero. The ebook and audiobook are available in most countries through Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play. Every store is listed above.
When do the bonuses arrive?
The field guide within a few minutes of claiming. Chapter One and the Q&A invitation come by email before launch. If nothing lands in ten minutes, check spam and promotions, then add amy@dramykillen.com to your contacts.
How long is this open?
Through March 2, 2027, one week after publication day. After that the field guide retires with the pre-order window.
A note on where you buy it. Every format and every store above counts toward the bonuses, so choose the edition you will actually read or listen to and the shop you like best. If you use the Bookshop.org or Libro.fm links, a share of the sale goes to independent bookstores, and Bookshop.org pays me a small affiliate commission at no extra cost to you.
Dr. Amy Killen, MD
Emergency physician turned longevity and hormone doctor. Creator of the HOT Provider Course, co-pioneer of the Full Body Stem Cell Makeover, 200K+ followers on Instagram, and the author of The Female Longevity Advantage (Little, Brown Spark, February 2027).
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