Amanda Hughes

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Gender	Female
Occupation	Writer
Location	St. Paul, MN., United States
Introduction	All her life Amanda Hughes has been a "Walter Mitty", spending more time in heroic daydreams than the real world. At last she found an outlet writing adventures about audacious women in the 18th Century. Her debut novel, Beyond the Cliffs of Kerry was published in 2002, The Pride of the King released in 2011 and her latest historical adventure, The Sword of the Banshee released in February 2013. Amanda is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and when she isn't off tilting windmills, she lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Interests	Hitting as much stuff as possible on my bucket list, Writing, Traveling, Ethnic Cooking, Walking, Concerts, Theater if I could afford it.
Favorite Movies	Now Voyager, Last of the Mohicans, The Great Escape, The Bird Cage, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Sunset Boulevard, Somewhere in Time
Favorite Music	Soundtracks-Braveheart, Out of Africa, Last of the Mohicans, The Prince of Tides, Nicholas Nickleby. Classical specifically Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Big Band Jazz specifically Frank, Some classic rock
Favorite Books	Authors--Any and all Dickens, Willa Cather, Conrad Richter, Daphne DuMaurier, Anne Rice(not her vampire stuff), The Bronte' sisters.