Amanda has worn red lipstick nearly every day since the age of 15 (even under masks during the height of the pandemic). She is an author, ghostwriter, editor, and beverage industry consultant based in Brooklyn, New York.  

A trained sommelier, former wine and spirits retail buyer, skilled metalsmith, occasionally still a jewelry designer (mostly for repairs), and proud beauty school dropout with a medieval history degree from NYU, she has been writing professionally about the drinks industry as well as food, music, and other lifestyle topics for nearly two decades. She is the author of three books, including Signature Cocktails(Phaidon) and was the co-creator and Editor-in-Chief of Alcohol Professor. She has also written for numerous publications, including Food & Wine, Bloomberg, Forbes, Front Office Sports, InsideHook, Atlas Obscura, and others.

As a ghostwriter across a range of topics/genres including lifestyle, entertainment, travel, beauty, health, wellness, and tech she specializes in finding your voice and making you sound like someone people want to get to know. She works in long-form memoir, professional bio, website copy, LinkedIn profiles, and other written material. She's all about helping clients create a narrative that doesn't sound like everyone else's.

As an editor, every stage of the process is polished, with coaching style direction rather than harsh criticism. This skill includes big-picture developmental editing and narrative structure, as well as line-level copyediting, and final proofreading.

Oh, and Duran Duran has twice featured her on their official website. So to paraphrase Simon Le Bon, she "supposes that's pretty nice.”