Amanda Cockrell

Amanda Cockrell (born 1948) is a professor of English at Hollins University, specializing in children's literature and creative writing.[1] She is the author of a number of historical novels for adults, some written under her own name and some under the pseudonym Damion Hunter. She has written novels about the Romans and about the indigenous peoples of the Americas.[2] Her first young adult novel, What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay, was published in 2011 and was named one of the best children's books of the year by The Boston Globe.[3]

Selected bibliography

As Amanda Cockrell

The Deer Dancers

The Horse Catchers

As Damion Hunter

The Centurions Trilogy

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