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."
"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."
"If Peter Pan had been real, he would've gone mad and killed everyone in Neverland."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud."
"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."