ABOUT AMANDA
Amanda Eyre Ward is The New York Times bestselling author of Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Love Stories in This Town, Forgive Me, Close Your Eyes, The Same Sky, The Nearness of You, The Jetsetters, The Lifeguards and Lovers and Liars. Her bestselling novels have been featured in People Magazine, The New York Times, and more. Amanda publishes nonfiction in Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and more, and publishes original work on Audible.com. Amanda’s work has been optioned for film and television and translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Austin, TX.
Amanda has lived or adventured in the following places:
Austin, TX, which inspired Sleep Toward Heaven.
Rye, NY which inspired How to Be Lost.
South Africa and Cape Cod, which inspired Forgive Me.
Montana and Maine, which inspired Love Stories in This Town.
New York City, which inspired Close Your Eyes.
Brownsville, TX and San Diego, CA, which inspired The Same Sky.
New Orleans, LA, which inspired The Nearness of You.
The Carnival Vista cruise ship from Athens to Barcelona, which inspired The Jetsetters.
Austin, TX, where she set The Lifeguards.