Amanda Boyden is an American novelist. Born in Northern

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and raised in

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and

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, she studied creative writing at the

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, where she and her ex-husband,

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writer

Joseph Boyden Joseph Boyden (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Irish and Scottish descent. He also claims Indigenous descent, but this is widely disputed. Joseph Boyden is best known for writing about First Nations culture ...

, were faculty members until 2012. In addition to writing, Amanda Boyden is a trapeze artist who founded Aerialists, Inc., her own all-female troupe, and performed as Lady Hummingbird.

Works

* ''Pretty Little Dirty'' (2006) * ''Babylon Rolling'' (2008) * ''I got the dog'' (2020)

External links

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