Amanda Churchill

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In this interview, I chat with Amanda Churchill about The Turtle House, how this story is inspired by her grandmother's life, incorporating a Minogame into the book, deciding on Lia's career path, telling an intergenerational story, Japan before and during World War 2, and much more.

Amanda's recommended reads are:

Chenneville by Paulette Jiles
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
The Majority by Elizabeth Silver
B.F.F. by Christie Tate

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Author

Amanda Churchill is a writer living in Texas. Her novel, The Turtle House, was inspired by the life of her beloved grandmother, a Japanese war bride.

Her work has been featured in Hobart Pulp, Witness, River Styx, and other publications.

Amanda is a Writers’ League of Texas 2021 Fellow. She attended the 2021 Community of Writers workshop in fiction as a James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship recipient.

Amanda has also attended the Tin House Summer and Winter Conferences, the One Story Summer Workshop, and StoryBoard Chicago. She was a Fall 2020 mentee in AWP’s Writer to Writer program.

Amanda is represented by Sarah Bowlin of Aevitas Creative Management.