Amanda Hocking

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Biography

Amanda Hocking is an American writer of paranormal romance young adult fiction.

"Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all."

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"Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?""The same thing you do when you don't have forever."He smiled wanly. "Live."

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"If Peter Pan had been real, he would've gone mad and killed everyone in Neverland."

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"I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot."

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"My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves."

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"I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it."

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"When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud."

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"I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun."

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