Amanda Kyle Williams

Amanda Kyle Williams was born in Virginia on August 17, 1957. She had undiagnosed dyslexia and dropped out of high school. As a teenager and young adult she struggled with substance abuse and addiction. Before becoming an author, she worked as a pet sitter, house painter, embroiderer, and process server. She wrote the Madison McGuire series and the Keye Street series. She was also a freelancer for the Southern Voice and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She died from endometrial cancer on August 31, 2018 at the age of 61.