AMANDA P MINAKER

about the author

 

Amanda Minaker was born and raised in Waverly, New York. Despite fantastic teachers and decent grades, she spurned higher education and completed her GED.  Yet, just like her heroine, Nora, Amanda needed to take a journey to find herself. She moved to Elk Rapids, Michigan in 1997.

Life altered immeasurably once she enrolled in her first college class at Northwestern Michigan College. She never looked back. She now holds a Master of Education from Lesley University.

Mrs Minaker teaches her students to love learning and most of all, to love reading. In November of 2013, she completed her first novel, Nora Waite, and went on to be a Winner of the NaNoWriMo 2013 Challenge.

Amanda, her husband and their three girls and a menagerie of pets live on their self-proclaimed suburban mini-farm outside Boston. She is currently working on a follow-up novel.