Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is an American writer that was born in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1984. She was born to a father that was a public policy consultant and had vice principal for a mother. Both of her parents were big fans Ann Rice the horror writer, which served to whet her appetite for the genre. She grew up in Concord, Massachusetts and went to school at the Concord-Carlisle public school from kindergarten until she graduated in 2001. During her school years, the loved music and asserts that singing was one of her favorite past times, though she never got the courage to ever take part in high school plays. Nonetheless, she was very much involved with the drama community at CCHS, and was a key member of her high schools fencing team, an experience that has inspired many of her urban fantasy story lines. She currently lives in Massachusetts with family and several pets, and studies psychology and English at the University of Massachusetts. She hopes to one-day work either in special education or as an English teacher. Aside from her writing she has some very eclectic hobbies that include things like driving, riding Harley-Davidsons, carpentry, gardening, playing the piano, aquarium keeping, cooking, cross stitching, and a good debate with someone equally as good in debate. She also loves to learn new things when she has some down time. She can often be found poring over a book, video, or website trying to learn a new skill that could range from such mundane things as belly dancing or something as serious as JavaScript.