Ask the Author: Amanda Woodruff
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Amanda Woodruff
My entire past already reads like the kind of tapestry writers spend their whole lives trying to invent—filled with shadows, scars, resilience, and fire. If it were turned into a book, it would be a psychological thriller blended with a survival memoir, threaded through with moments of magic and grief, of silence and defiance.
The “mystery” would not just be what happened to me, but how I transformed it—how the child who was failed grew into the woman who builds whole worlds out of ashes, giving voice to others who were silenced. The tension would come from secrets buried deep, lies adults told to keep the truth hidden, and the haunting question: how many of those ghosts still walk beside me, even now
The “mystery” would not just be what happened to me, but how I transformed it—how the child who was failed grew into the woman who builds whole worlds out of ashes, giving voice to others who were silenced. The tension would come from secrets buried deep, lies adults told to keep the truth hidden, and the haunting question: how many of those ghosts still walk beside me, even now
Amanda Woodruff
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison, The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco, The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, Cackle by Rachel Harrison, The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Amanda Woodruff
I think I’d choose Rivendell from The Lord of the Rings—a place of endless twilight, ancient songs, and the quiet hum of magic woven into the stones and waterfalls. I’d spend my time in the libraries, reading lore that no human history has ever held, then walk the moonlit bridges listening to elves tell stories that stretch back to the dawn of time.
Amanda Woodruff
The baby monitor crackled to life, and I heard my own voice whisper, “Don’t go in there.”
But when I turned to look, I was already standing in the doorway, smiling back at myself.
But when I turned to look, I was already standing in the doorway, smiling back at myself.
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