Amanda
Bestselling Author
Children’s, Middle Grade & Young Adult Writer
Travels from: Philadelphia, PA

“Absolutely enchanting! Reminiscent of classic middle grade tales, with a highly unique and enthralling world and characters you can really root for.” — Claribel A. Ortega, author of Ghost Squad

Amanda Foody is the New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of the Wilderlore series, A Fate So Cold and All of Us Villains (with C. L. Herman), and more. Wilderlore: The Accidental Apprentice was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, and All of Us Villains was awarded a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection and Amazon’s Best Young Adult Book of 2021.

Internationally, her work has been translated into more than ten languages, and Wilderlore has won reader choice awards in France and Germany.

She lives in Philadelphia, PA with her partner and their two feline Beastly companions, Jelly Bean and Sesame. When not writing, she unironically loves to cook.

Amanda's Featured Titles

The Traitor’s Gambit

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

Barclay wrestles to harness his strange powers in time to save the Jungle in this heart-pounding fifth book in the New York Times bestselling Wilderlore series.

After plunging the Tundra into chaos, Audrian Keyes has set his sights on the Jungle. The new Grand Keeper resurrects an ancient order of Guardians to lure Keyes out of hiding and defeat him once and for all. But she doesn’t count on Keyes having new allies nearly as villainous as he is…

Meanwhile, Barclay Thorne has sworn never to use his wild Lore again. It’s too dangerous, and being the only one to share the strange power with Keyes scares him. But when he realizes wild Lore may be the only way to save the Jungle, Barclay has to break his promise to himself and bring his power into the open—especially since the Keeper of the Jungle’s Legendary Beast is one of his best friends.

Yet even with the best help the Grand Keeper can give him, Barclay struggles to understand and harness wild Lore. And as he and his friends grow more desperate, Barclay faces a dire question: What if the only person who can truly teach him what he’s capable of is Keyes himself?

A Fate So Cold

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

TWO CHOSEN ONES WITH ONE CHOICE: THE WORLD OR EACH OTHER

A Fate So Cold is the first of a new blockbuster duology from the New York Times bestselling authors of All of Us VillainsAmanda Foody & C. L. Herman.

For most of the year, Summer reigns peacefully over Alderland. Then, for six brutal weeks, Winter rages, obliterating towns and wreaking casualties. Magicians bond with powerful wands of Summer to defend the nation, a duty that costs many their lives.

Domenic Barrow never wanted such responsibility―but destiny hasn’t granted him a choice. The greatest Summer wand has awakened for the first time in a century, warning that an icy cataclysm looms on the horizon. And despite his reputation as the least suited of his classmates, the wand Chooses Domenic to wield it.

Ellery Caldwell spent years striving to be a perfect Summer magician―and burying her fears of her own power. But her worst suspicions are proven true when she accidentally creates the first ever Winter wand.

Now, as the unprecedented Chosen Two, Domenic and Ellery must thwart the oncoming cataclysm together. And in trying to fulfill their destinies, they wonder if they were brought together for a second fate: to fall in love.

Until they discover the unthinkable truth. The Chosen Two aren’t fated allies, but eternal rivals, and the only way to save their home is for one of them to slay the other.

This is no love story. It’s a tragedy.

The Night Compass

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

Barclay and his friends race to find a legendary beast in the Wilderlands before their enemy in this action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Wilderlore series.

As the election for Grand Keeper looms closer, the villainous Audrian Keyes returns. He claims he has the secret to finding Navrashtya, the Legendary Beast of the Tundra who’s been missing for centuries. And so a team of specialized Lore Keepers must undertake a desperate mission: find her first, no matter the cost.

But the uncharted regions of the Tundra hold countless dangers, from the monstrous Beasts to the brutal cold, yet far more chilling mysteries await them out on the ice caps. Like why Navrashtya went missing in the first place. Or the truth behind this strange Lore that only Barclay can feel, whose power might very well save the mission—or doom it.

The Ever Storms

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

Barclay and his friends find new dangers and fresh adventure when they encounter mysterious sandstorms in the Desert in this “engaging, dragon lover’s fantasy” (School Library Journal) that’s the third book of the New York Times bestselling Wilderlore series.

After saving the Sea, Barclay and his fellow apprentices are eager to take part in a new kind of adventure—the Symposium, a set of courses that all apprentices of the Lore Keeper Guild need to pass before they can take their licensing exam. Barclay is excited to travel to the Desert to study at the University of Al Faradh, the most respected school in all the Wilderlands, and to reunite with the new friends he made at the Sea.

He’s slightly less excited about the Tourney, the traditional, good-natured prank war between the various apprentice tracks. As an Elsie, he’s pretty sure he’ll have enough on his hands keeping up with the Symposium without having to worry about stink bombs and slime warfare.

But as mysterious, unnatural sandstorms start to appear around the Desert, there are more than just exams and bragging rights at stake. And the appearance of an exclusive, magical library might just be the key to everything…

All of Our Demise

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman’s New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology.

“I feel like I should warn you: this is going to be absolutely brutal.”

For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. A dead boy now lives again. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the curse for good… no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process.

As the curse teeters closer and closer to collapse, the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece, or fight to the death as this story was always intended.

Long-held alliances will be severed. Hearts will break. Lives will end. Because a tale as wicked as this one was never destined for happily ever after.

The Weeping Tide

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

Barclay and his friends must save an island city from the Legendary Beast of the Sea in this “charming and earnest” (Kirkus Reviews) sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Accidental Apprentice, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and How to Train Your Dragon.

Something is wrong at the Sea. The weeping tide, a carnivorous algae bloom, is eating up all the fish. Beasts are terrorizing the nearby Elsewheres. And Lochmordra, the Legendary Beast, is rising at random and swallowing ships whole.

Barclay’s teacher, the famous Guardian Keeper Runa Rasgar, has been summoned to investigate, and as her apprentice, Barclay gets to join too. But Runa’s nemesis has also been called to the Sea, and he’s brought apprentices of his own. When the not-so-friendly competition between them grows fierce, it’s Barclay—the only one from the Elsewheres—who can’t seem to keep up.

The key to stopping Lochmordra lies in his mythical home, but as the flood of the weeping tide encroaches, time is running out to find it. If the rival groups can’t cast aside old grudges and learn to work together, soon the Sea will be destroyed completely. And all the while Barclay must ask himself: is there truly a place for him in the Wilderlands?

All of Us Villains

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An Indie Bestseller!
An Indie Next Pick!

The blockbuster co-writing debut of Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman, All of Us Villains begins a dark tale of ambition and magick…

You Fell in Love with the Victors of the Hunger Games.
Now Prepare to Meet the Villains of the Blood Veil.

The Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins.

Every generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death.

The prize? Exclusive control over a secret wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world―one thought long depleted.

But this year a scandalous tell-all book has exposed the tournament and thrust the seven new champions into the worldwide spotlight. The book also granted them valuable information previous champions never had―insight into the other families’ strategies, secrets, and weaknesses. And most important, it gave them a choice: accept their fate or rewrite their legacy.

Either way, this is a story that must be penned in blood.

The Accidental Apprentice

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Woods in this “wholesome, delightful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), and cheeky middle grade fantasy debut—perfect for fans of Nevermoor and How to Train Your Dragon.

The last thing Barclay Thorne ever wanted was an adventure.

Thankfully, as an apprentice to the town’s mushroom farmer, Barclay need only work hard and follow the rules to one day become the head mushroom farmer himself. No danger required. But then Barclay accidentally breaks his town’s most sacred rule: never ever EVER stray into the Woods, for within the Woods lurk vicious magical Beasts.

To Barclay’s horror, he faces a fate far worse than being eaten: he unwittingly bonds with a Beast and is run out of town by an angry mob. Determined to break this bond and return home, Barclay journeys to find the mysterious town of Lore Keepers, people who have also bonded with Beasts and share their powers.

But after making new friends, entering a dangerous apprenticeship exam, and even facing the legendary Beast of the Woods, Barclay must make a difficult choice: return to the home and rules he’s always known, or embrace the adventure awaiting him.

Queen of Volts

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

The highly anticipated final book in THE SHADOW GAME series, from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of All of Us Villains.

Return to the City of Sin, where the perilous final game is about to begin…The players? Twenty-two of the most powerful, most notorious people in New Reynes.

With no choice but to play, Enne and Levi are desperate to forge new alliances and bargain for their safety. But any misstep could turn deadly when a far more dangerous opponent appears on the board — one plucked straight from the city’s most gruesome legends. While Levi hides behind a mask of false promises, Enne is finally forced out from behind hers and as the game takes its final, vicious turn, these two must decide once and for all whether to be partners or enemies.

Because in a game for survival, there are no winners…

There are only monsters.

King of Fools

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

Ace of Shades has it all …an utter delight.”—Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn

The stunning sequel to ACE OF SHADES, from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of All of Us Villains.

Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all…

Prim and proper Enne Salta never expected to team up with Levi Glaiyser, the City of Sin’s most famous con man. But winning the Shadow Game was not the victory they imagined, as now the duo are wanted for murder and Enne is forced to live in disguise as Séance, a mysterious figure of the underworld.

Thirsting for freedom and the chance to build his empire, Levi makes a deal with the estranged son of Mafia donna Vianca Augustine, while Enna remains trapped by Vianca’s binding oath, unsure which of which role to truly embrace: refined lady or cunning street lord?

As Enne and Levi walk a path of unimaginable wealth and opportunity, a dangerous game of crime and politics swirls around them. And when unforeseen players enter, they must each make an impossible choice: sacrifice everything they’ve earned in order to survive…

Or die as legends.

Ace of Shades

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of All of Us Villains.

Welcome to the City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets…and secrets hide in every shadow.

New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin, is no place for a properly raised young lady. But when her mother goes missing, Enne Salta must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail in the city where no one survives uncorrupted.

Frightened and alone, Enne’s only clue leads her to Levi Glaiyser—a street lord and a con man in desperate need of the compensation Enne offers. Their search sends this unlikely duo through glamorous casinos, illicit cabarets, and into the clutches of a ruthless Mafia donna. But as Levi’s enemies close in on them, a deadly secret from Enne’s past comes to light and she must surrender herself to the City of Sin — to a vicious game of execution…

Where the players never win.

Daughter of the Burning City

Harlequin Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival’s Freak Show.

But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that—illusions, and not truly real. Or so she always believed…until one of them is murdered.

Desperate to protect her family, Sorina must track down the culprit and determine how they killed a person who doesn’t actually exist. Her search for answers leads her to the self-proclaimed gossip-worker Luca. Their investigation sends them through a haze of political turmoil and forbidden romance, and into the most sinister corners of the Festival. But as the killer continues murdering Sorina’s illusions one by one, she must unravel the horrifying truth before all her loved ones disappear.

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How to Build a Magical Adventure

Ideal for grades 2-6, “How to Build a Magical Adventure” walks through core storytelling elements such as plot, character, setting, and theme. This presentation is designed to spark excitement in avid and reluctant readers alike by emphasizing storytelling’s role in many forms of media, nodding to books, movies, TV shows, and even video games.

Amanda’s Events Link

Wilderlore Website

Wilderlore Resources for Educators

Honors, Awards & Recognition

Wilderlore:

A New York Times Bestseller
An Amazon Editor’s Pick
A Barnes & Noble Monthly Children’s Pick
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year Selection Title
Connecticut 2023 Nutmeg Book Awards Nominee Grades 4-6
South Carolina 2023-2024 Children’s Book Award Nominee
Mississippi Magnolia Awards 2024 Nominee
Kansas NEA Reading Circle List Intermediate Title
Ulmer Unke Award Winner – Germany
Les Incorruptibles Prix Winner – France

All of Us Villains:

A New York Times, USA Today, & indie Bestseller
Amazon’s Best Young Adult Book of 2021
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Barnes & Noble August 2022 Monthly Pick
Selected as a Best 2021 YA Novel by Kirkus, Kobo, Indigo, and Bookshop.org
A YALSA 2023 selection for Best Fiction for Young Adults & YALSA 2022 Teen Top 10 Pick

Media clips

Kirkus | THE ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE

Publishers Weekly | The Accidental Apprentice

The Nerd Daily | Review: The Accidental Apprentice

Kirkus | ALL OF US VILLAINS

Publishers Weekly | A Fate So Cold

Media Kit

By clicking the link below you will be directed to a Google Docs Folder
where you can download author photos and cover images.

“Absolutely enchanting! Reminiscent of classic middle grade tales, with a highly unique and enthralling world and characters you can really root for.” — Claribel A. Ortega, author of Ghost Squad

Amanda's Featured Titles

The Traitor’s Gambit

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

A Fate So Cold

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

The Night Compass

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

The Ever Storms

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

All of Our Demise

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

The Weeping Tide

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

All of Us Villains

Tor Teen |
Teen & Young Adult

The Accidental Apprentice

Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Children’s/Middle Grade

Queen of Volts

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

King of Fools

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

Ace of Shades

Inkyard Press |
Teen & Young Adult

Daughter of the Burning City

Harlequin Teen |
Teen & Young Adult
Authors-Unbound_icon-web-link.png

How to Build a Magical Adventure

Ideal for grades 2-6, “How to Build a Magical Adventure” walks through core storytelling elements such as plot, character, setting, and theme. This presentation is designed to spark excitement in avid and reluctant readers alike by emphasizing storytelling’s role in many forms of media, nodding to books, movies, TV shows, and even video games.

Amanda’s Events Link

Wilderlore Website

Wilderlore Resources for Educators

Honors, Awards & Recognition

Wilderlore:

A New York Times Bestseller
An Amazon Editor’s Pick
A Barnes & Noble Monthly Children’s Pick
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year Selection Title
Connecticut 2023 Nutmeg Book Awards Nominee Grades 4-6
South Carolina 2023-2024 Children’s Book Award Nominee
Mississippi Magnolia Awards 2024 Nominee
Kansas NEA Reading Circle List Intermediate Title
Ulmer Unke Award Winner – Germany
Les Incorruptibles Prix Winner – France

All of Us Villains:

A New York Times, USA Today, & indie Bestseller
Amazon’s Best Young Adult Book of 2021
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Barnes & Noble August 2022 Monthly Pick
Selected as a Best 2021 YA Novel by Kirkus, Kobo, Indigo, and Bookshop.org
A YALSA 2023 selection for Best Fiction for Young Adults & YALSA 2022 Teen Top 10 Pick

Media clips

Kirkus | THE ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE

Publishers Weekly | The Accidental Apprentice

The Nerd Daily | Review: The Accidental Apprentice

Kirkus | ALL OF US VILLAINS

Publishers Weekly | A Fate So Cold

Media Kit

By clicking the link below you will be directed to a Google Docs Folder
where you can download author photos and cover images.

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