Amanda Hocking (born July 12, 1984)[1] is an American writer of paranormal romance young adult fiction.[2]
Amanda Hocking | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 12, 1984 Austin, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Young adult fiction Paranormal romance |
| Notable works | Watersong series, Trylle Trilogy |
| Website | |
| hockingbooks | |
Early life edit
Hocking was born and raised in Austin, Minnesota. After high school, she studied human services while working in a group home for people with disabilities.
Career edit
While employed as a group home worker, she wrote 17 novels in her free time.[3] Hocking left her employment as a group home worker and started self-publishing her novels as e-books in April 2010, at the age of 25.[1] By March 2011, she had sold more than a million copies of her first nine books and earned two million dollars from sales, previously unheard of for self-published authors.[4] In early 2011, Hocking averaged 9,000 book sales each day.[2] She's since published more than twenty novels, several of which have made the The New York Times Best Seller list.[5]
Work edit
Hocking's published work, originally self-published, consists of My Blood Approves, a vampire romance series; the Trylle Trilogy, which covers a teenage girl's journey of self-discovery[3] in an urban fantasy setting; and Hollowland, a zombie novel.[3] The New York Times characterized her novels as "part quirky girl-like-Hocking characters, part breakneck pacing, part Hollywood-style action, and part bodice-ripping romance—they are literature as candy, a mash-up of creativity and commerce."
In March 2011, Hocking signed her first conventional publishing contract for four books, for two million dollars, with St. Martin's Press, [6] for her young-adult paranormal series Watersong. Book one, Wake, was released in August 2012.[7] All three books in her previously self-published Trylle Trilogy were also sold to St. Martin's Press and were re-released from January–April 2012. In 2015, Hocking announced she had signed a new three-book deal with St. Martin's and revealed that the books would be a standalone and a duology, respectively. The standalone, called Freeks and set around a traveling circus in the 1980s, was published in January 2017,[8] while the duology to be based on valkyries of Norse mythology was set for a 2017 release.[9]
Bibliography edit
- My Blood Approves series:
- My Blood Approves (March 27, 2010)
- Fate (April 15, 2010)
- Flutter (May 25, 2010)
- Wisdom (August 22, 2010)
- Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella (December 19, 2010)
- Swear (November 9, 2016)[10]
- Trylle Trilogy
- The Hollows series:
- Hollowland (October 5, 2010)
- Hollowmen (November 8, 2011)
- Hollowland: Redux (June 2023)
- Hollowmen: Redux (June 2023)
- Hollow Stars (October 13, 2023)
- Virtue (May 27, 2011)
- Watersong series
- Forgotten Lyrics (October 30, 2012)
- Wake (August 7, 2012)
- Lullaby (November 27, 2012)
- Tidal (June 4, 2013)
- Elegy (August 6, 2013)
- The Kanin Chronicles
- Frostfire (January 2015)
- Ice Kissed (May 2015)
- Crystal Kingdom (August 2015)
- Freeks (January 3, 2017)[12]
- Valkyrie[13]
- Between the Blade and the Heart (January 2, 2018)
- From the Earth to the Shadows (March 27, 2018)
- The Omte Origins
- The Lost City (2020)
- The Morning Flower (2020)
- The Ever After (2021)
- Bestow the Darkness (2021)
- Seven Fallen Hearts Saga
- Virtue (2021)
- Tristitia (2022)
- Superbia (coming early 2024)
Adaptations edit
In February 2011, the Trylle Trilogy was optioned for a film, with Terri Tatchell writing the screenplay.[4] As of 2015 the rights have reverted to Hocking, with no prospects for future development.[14]
Personal life edit
Hocking lives in Rochester, Minnesota[15] with her husband and step-son.
References edit
- ^ a b Plank, Tonya (January 5, 2011). "Meet Mega Bestselling Indie Heroine Amanda Hocking". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ a b Saroyan, Strawberry (June 17, 2011). "Storyseller". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ a b c Mewes, Trey (November 13, 2010). "Romance from beyond the veil". Austin Daily Herald. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ a b Millar, Sarah (March 3, 2011). "How a failed author made $2 million from e-books". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ "Amanda Hocking". www.hockingbooks.com. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ Rinzler, Alan (April 4, 2011). "Advice for Amanda Hocking from authors and agents". Forbes. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ Bosman, Julie (March 24, 2011). "Self-Publisher Signs Four-Book Deal With St. Martin's". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Freeks by Amanda Hocking". www.barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Hocking inks 6-figure deal for 3 new books". Austin Daily Herald. April 22, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "Amanda Hocking". www.hockingbooks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Oliver, Lauren (January 13, 2012). "The Relaunch of Amanda Hocking". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ "Amanda Hocking". www.hockingbooks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Amanda Hocking". www.hockingbooks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Amanda Hocking". www.hockingbooks.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Greenfield, Jeremy (November 29, 2013). "Companies book profits from self-publishing". USA Today. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
