Amanda Cockrell (born 1948) is a professor of

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, specializing in children's literature and creative writing. She is the author of a number of historical novels for adults, some written under her own name and some under the pseudonym Damion Hunter. She has written novels about the Romans and about the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her first young adult novel, ''What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay'', was published in 2011 and was named one of the best children's books of the year by ''

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''."For children: Best books of the year" by Liz Rosenberg
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'', December 18, 2011

Selected bibliography

As Amanda Cockrell

*''Legions of the Mist'', 1979 *''Pomegranate Seed'', 2002 *''What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay'', 2011 The Deer Dancers *''Daughter of the Sky'', 1995 *''Wind Caller's Children'', 1996 *''The Long Walk'', 1996 The Horse Catchers *''When the Horses Came'', 1999 *''Children of the Horse'', 2000 *''The Rain Child'', 2001

As Amanda Cockrell "writing as Damion Hunter"

*''The Wall at the Edge of the World'', 2020 ::(sequel to ''Legions of the Mist'')

As Damion Hunter

The Centurions Trilogy *'' The Centurions'', 1981 *'' Barbarian Princess'', 1982 *''

The Emperor's Games ''The Emperor's Games'' is the third and last book in a historical fiction trilogy about the 1st-century Roman Empire. Set primarily in Rome and Lower Germany circa AD 81-83, it follows the adventures of a pair of Roman brothers – one free-born ...

'', 1984

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