Amanda N. Newman is the author of Young Adult and New Adult fantasy novels (sometimes with aspects of other genres blended in). She has been writing since she was a child. As a quiet person who didn't make friends easily, while also battling social and general anxiety and depression, she found refuge in writing. She first started handwriting alternate universe style crossover fanfiction featuring her favorite characters from various video games, anime/manga, television shows, and other books, though she never shared any of these stories on any public forums. As her stories became longer and more intricate, she branched away from and adapted her stories from fanfiction and into different subgenres of Young Adult and New Adult fantasy.

Amanda wrote her first original novel project, and her debut novel Hybrid Empire, while she was still in high school and hasn't stopped since.