Amanda Glaze

Amanda Glaze is a young adult author and two-time Emmy-award winning film & television producer. She grew up in Northern California where she spent most of her time with her nose in a book or putting on plays with friends. Her debut novel, The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond was a Barnes & Noble YA Book Club pick and a Rise List Honoree. The story of twin mediums who flee a terrible fate and join a traveling Spiritualist show was inspired by her real-life ancestors who were spirit mediums at the turn of the century. While earning her undergraduate degree in theater from UCLA, Amanda got a taste of working directly with playwrights on new play development. Her love of figuring out what makes a story tick led her to working in film and TV development and she went on to produce and co-produce films such as the Academy Award-nominated film The Big Sick and the Emmy Award-winning documentaries, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling and George Carlin’s American Dream for HBO. Curious about what it would be like to write her own stories, Amanda started scribbling in her notebook and went on to earn an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University.    Amanda lives in Los Angeles with her husband Blake and their two cats, Dash and Jenova, who meow in anger every time she tries to get up from her writing chair to get more coffee. An avid reader, she’s always on the hunt for cozy places where she can cuddle up with a book and a mug of tea. She particularly loves reading (and writing!) stories about determined girls fighting to find their place in the world, especially if there’s some magic, romance, adventure, and mystery thrown in. Amanda also loves learning new things and disappearing down research rabbit holes. She’s a volunteer with the creative writing and mentoring organization WriteGirl where she is endlessly inspired by the fierce imaginations of the teens she works with. If you can’t find her in LA, chances are she’s run off to the mountains.