About

A little about Amanda…

Amanda R. Fairchild is a freelance Young Adult Speculative fiction writer, Teachers Pay Teachers author, and English teacher who lives on the outskirts of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert. She spent her undergrad writing and studying literature in Colorado, and finished her education at Western Governors Univeristy with a Masters of Science in Curriculum and Instruction. She spends most of her week days teaching, creating lesson plans, and working with her students. In return, they provide her with endless inspiration and daily laughs.

Amanda’s passion for writing intersects with her passion for teaching. In her blog, she creates articles about the writing process for budding authors and posts many of her resources, lesson plans, and activities that she has taught in her own classroom. Her favorite topic to teach in her English classes, which also happens to be one of her favorite genres to write in, is the dystopian novel and its commentary on today’s society.   

She spends most of her free time working on her Young Adult series Sweet Blood and creating the next awesome lesson for her students.