Amanda Stevens was born in Bradford, Arkansas, a tiny hamlet nestled between the flat mosquito-infested bottomland of the delta and the rocky foothills of the Ozarks, an area steeped in folklore. Those old legends and an innate fascination for the strange and unusual led her, at an early age, to put pen to paper.
Amanda considers storytelling a part of her heritage. “Someone once said the South is home to people who love to talk. This is especially true of the rural South where I grew up. “ Her high school literature classes provided an early influence where she was drawn to the da more...