Amanda Foody is the New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of the Wilderlore series, All of Us Villains and A Fate So Cold (with C.L. Herman), and more. The first book of the Wilderlore series is a four-time state award nominee and a two-time international award winner, and All of Us Villains was selected as a Junior Library Gold title and Amazon’s Best Young Adult Book of 2021.

Amanda lives in Philadelphia with her spouse and their two cats. When not writing, she unironically loves to cook.

The fifth book in the Wilderlore series, The Traitor’s Gambit, is available now, and the sixth book will follow in 2028. A Destiny So Cruel releases on November 10, 2026.