​​​Amanda DeJong is a passionate author, enamored wife and pretty righteous mother, most of the time.
When she isn’t writing, wooing or wrangling, you can find her with a margarita in hand, undoubtedly dreaming of her next project. She’ll be pretending to lounge on the beach with her hot husband, while watching their children play
as a nice, old, attractively challenged nanny tends to their needs.
You’ll think she’s quirky as hell, but she won't care; instead, she’ll do a ridiculous happy dance and pour you a drink too.
Do you want proof?
Check out her website & feel free to follow on Facebook, Twitter & Good Reads if you’re compelled to do so.
(#IdontDrink&Drive, #StillAResponsibleParent, #DontJudgeMe)

Quick Facts

  • My Hogwarts house would be Ravenclaw... Although, most tests show a split. RC+HP=Ravenpuff (#Hybrid)
  • Fav. Adult Books: Kushiel's Legacy (A trilogy by Jaqueline Carey), The War Of Art (Steven Pressfield), Fighting Silence (Aly Martinez), Scrappy Little Nobody (Anna Kendrick)
  • Favorite YA Books: Simon vs. The Homeo Sapiens Agenda (Becky, Albertalli), One Of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus), Tell Me Three Things (Julie Buxbaum), The Hate You Give (Angie Thomas)
  • Fav. MG books: When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead), Doll Bones (Holly Black & Eliza Wheeler), Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series, (Ransom Riggs) & A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness & Siobhan Dowd)
  • Fav. Picture Books: Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd), Giraffes Can’t Dance (Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees), Thelma the Unicorn (Aaron Blabey), Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You (Nancy Tillman)
  • TV Shows: JANE THE VIRGIN, Life In Pieces, Archer, Drunk History, Wrecked, Reverie, This Is Us (#NotCaughtUpYet)
  • Movies: Coco, The Pursuit of Happiness, Harry Potter, Divergent, Man on Fire, Gladiator, The Departed, Juno (#2Many)
  • I’ve been a Licensed Massage Therapist for fourteen years. (#Rubadub)
  • My degree is in Holistic Healthcare, emphasis in Mind/Body Psych, Hypnotherapy & Non-Den. Spiritual Studies (#Hippy)
  • I wrote my first story at age seven. (#RememberDOS)
  • I swear like a sailor and enjoy a good cocktail every now & again... Preferably now… And then again! (#ImWorkingOnIt)
  • My biggest dream EVER is to land a kick-ass Literary Agent for the entire duration of a long & fruitful writing career. Lock down many marvelous contracts w/various reputable publishing houses. (#WillWrite4Free…If I have to.)
  • I believe in ghosts. (#Boo)
  • I wrote a self-published children’s chapter book entitled, Jane Brown And The Case Of Mistaken Identity. (#LearnedMyLesson)
  • I started a blog for children’s literature with every intention of posting regularly... (#Idon't)
  • I took a break from my regular job to be a stay at home mother until my youngest is in school full time. (#1yearleft)
  • I joined both Facebook & Twitter in 2015… (#IOnlyJustFiguredOutWhatAHashtagIs)
  • I have two children. ~A daughter (7) & a son (5) ~ (#7GoingOn13)
  • I’m 33 years old and the youngest of three children. (#TheBaby)
  • My best friend is now a Schnoodle. (#ActsLikeaGoat) It used to be a Rottweiler (#NowHe'sAGhost)
  • 2019 will mark a 13-year union to my high school sweetheart. (#IStillGetButterflies)
  • My parents were married for 30+ before passing 4 years apart. (#DadfrmLightining, #MomfrmCancer, #Lifes2Short, #FindTheHumor)
  • I cry for all things that tug at my heartstrings. ​(#ABitTooSensitive)
  • I tend to have an optimistic attitude about pretty much everything. (#FriendsCallMeAFreak)
  • I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE HAPPY! (#LoveIsAllYouNeed)

Other Writing Endeavors


​My writing has been featured on:
BluntMoms.com
AltaMusicGroup.com
& In print for both The List &
Transformation Magazine(s)
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