Amanda Boyden is an American novelist.
Born in Northern
Minnesota
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and raised in
Chicago
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and
St. Louis
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, she studied creative writing at the
University of New Orleans
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, where she and her ex-husband,
Canadian
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writer
Joseph Boyden
Joseph Boyden (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for writing about First Nations culture. '' Three Day Road'', a novel about two Cree soldiers serving in the Canadian military during World War ...
, were faculty members until 2012. In addition to writing, Amanda Boyden is a trapeze artist who founded Aerialists, Inc., her own all-female troupe, and performed as Lady Hummingbird.
Works
* ''Pretty Little Dirty'' (2006)
* ''Babylon Rolling'' (2008)
* ''I got the dog'' (2020)
External links
Amanda Boydenauthor profile at randomhouse.com
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
University of New Orleans faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women writers
Novelists from Louisiana
American women academics
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