Amanda Hocking (born July 12, 1984)
Early life
Hocking was born and raised in Austin, Minnesota. After high school, she studied
human services while working in a
group home for people with disabilities.
Career
While employed as a group home worker, she wrote 17 novels in her free time.
Hocking left her employment as a group home worker and started
self-publishing her novels as
in April 2010, at the age of 25.
By March 2011, she had sold more than a million copies of her first nine books and earned two million dollars from sales, previously unheard of for self-published authors.
In early 2011, Hocking averaged 9,000 book sales each day.
She's since published more than twenty novels, several of which have made
The New York Times Best Seller list.
Work
Hocking's published work, originally self-published, consists of
My Blood Approves, a
vampire romance series; the
Trylle Trilogy, which covers a teenage girl's journey of self-discovery
in an
urban fantasy setting; and
Hollowland, a
zombie novel.
characterized her novels as "part quirky girl-like-Hocking characters, part breakneck pacing, part Hollywood-style action, and part
Bodice-ripper romance—they are literature as candy, a of creativity and commerce."
In March 2011, Hocking signed her first conventional publishing contract for four books, for two million dollars, with St. Martin's Press,
Bibliography
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My Blood Approves series:
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My Blood Approves (March 27, 2010)
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Fate (April 15, 2010)
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Flutter (May 25, 2010)
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Wisdom (August 22, 2010)
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Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella (December 19, 2010)
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Swear (November 9, 2016)
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Trylle Trilogy
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Switched (self-published 2010, with St. Martin's January 24, 2012)
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Torn (self-published 2010, with St. Martin's February 28, 2012)
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Ascend (self-published 2011, with St. Martin's April 24, 2012)
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The Hollows series:
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Hollowland (October 5, 2010)
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Hollowmen (November 8, 2011)
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Hollowland: Redux (June 2023)
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Hollowmen: Redux (June 2023)
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Hollow Stars (October 13, 2023)
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Virtue (May 27, 2011)
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Watersong series
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Forgotten Lyrics (October 30, 2012)
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Wake (August 7, 2012)
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Lullaby (November 27, 2012)
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Tidal (June 4, 2013)
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Elegy (August 6, 2013)
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The Kanin Chronicles
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Frostfire (January 2015)
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Ice Kissed (May 2015)
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Crystal Kingdom (August 2015)
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Freeks (January 3, 2017)
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Valkyrie
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Between the Blade and the Heart (January 2, 2018)
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From the Earth to the Shadows (March 27, 2018)
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The Omte Origins
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The Lost City (2020)
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The Morning Flower (2020)
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The Ever After (2021)
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Bestow the Darkness (2021)
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Seven Fallen Hearts Saga
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Virtue (2021)
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Tristitia (2022)
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Superbia (coming early 2024)
Adaptations
In February 2011, the Trylle Trilogy was optioned for a film, with
Terri Tatchell writing the
screenplay.
As of 2015 the rights have reverted to Hocking, with no prospects for future development.
Personal life
Hocking lives in Rochester, Minnesota
with her husband and step-son.
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