Who Am i?

About Amanda


 

Writer | Editor | Marketer


Meet Amanda Bender, the woman behind Live By The Shelf.

Amanda is a brand builder by day and a world builder by night. She's worked in the publishing, manufacturing, and construction industries, picking up all kinds of skills, like CNC machining, social media management, content creation, and CAM programming, along the way. Currently, she works on a creative marketing team at a design and build company. She received her MFA in Fiction at George Mason University. She was a contributing writer at LitReactor from 2019 to 2023 and has worked for publishers including St. Martin’s Press and Stillhouse Press. You can find her work in Rune Bear MagazineThe Book Smuggler's Den, and a forthcoming anthology from Inked in Gray Press

A Quick Q&A

How would you describe yourself? Curious, creative, hardworking, and no-nonsense. I’m very much about digging in and doing the work. With that said, I do have a sense of humor and love to laugh. Working with good people is a priority.

What do you write? Fiction. Novels and novellas. Quests, capers, and mysteries.

What’s one of your mantras? Hard work works.

Writing aside, what do you geek about? Many things. Food. Movies. Star Wars. Yelling at the Yankees. I’m actually a big fan of baseball in general, not just the Yankees. Photography (I’m slowly learning about this). Coffee. Books. Working out.