Amanda McCrina was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a BA in history and political science from the University of West Georgia. After three years of teaching secondary English, history, and government at an international school outside Madrid, Spain, she now lives outside Nashville, Tennessee, where she works as a bookseller.
She writes historical fiction about some of the unknown history of Central and Eastern Europe, inspired by her own family’s heritage. Traitor (2020) was her debut YA historical novel. It’s followed by The Silent Unseen (2022) and I’ll Tell You No Lies (2023).
Favorite books
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles
The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
The Lantern Bearers, Rosemary Sutcliff
Favorite movies & shows
Casablanca
The Philadelphia Story
The Great Escape
The Hunt for Red October
The Bourne Identity
The Social Network
Friends
Parks and Recreation
Stranger Things
Favorite music
Frank Sinatra
Big Band/swing/crooners (Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford, Ella Fitzgerald)
Frédéric Chopin
Hamilton