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Amanda Eyre Ward

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Amanda Eyre Ward was born in New York City in 1972. Her family moved to Rye, New York when she was four. Amanda attended Kent School in Kent, CT, where she wrote for the Kent News.

Amanda majored in English and American Studies at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She studied fiction writing with Jim Shepard and spent her junior fall in coastal Kenya. She worked part-time at the Williamstown Public Library. After graduation, Amanda taught at Athens College in Greece for a year, and then moved to Missoula, Montana.

Amanda studied fiction writing at the University of Montana with Bill Kittredge, Dierdre McNamer, Debra Earling, and Kevin Canty, receiving her MFA. After traveling to Egypt, she took a job at the University of Montan ...more

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	How to Be Lost 3.54 avg rating — 6,649 ratings — published 2004 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Close Your Eyes 3.44 avg rating — 3,165 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleep Toward Heaven 3.83 avg rating — 2,166 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free by Amanda Eyre Ward (Goodreads Author), Jardine Libaire (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction by Stephen Elliott (Editor/Contributor), Greg Larson (Associate Editor), Anthony Ha (Associate Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Amanda Ward answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? I wanted to write about an estranged family who could find each other again. I loved the idea of forcing them into close proximity on a cruise ship!
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“When you are small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.”
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“Maybe that's what love is, in the end: a shared illusion of safety.”
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