Amanda Cockrell (born 1948) is a professor of English at Hollins University, specializing in children's literature and creative writing.[1] She is the author of a number of historical novels for adults, some written under her own name and some under the pseudonym Damion Hunter. She has written novels about the Romans and about the indigenous peoples of the Americas.[2] Her first young adult novel, What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay, was published in 2011 and was named one of the best children's books of the year by The Boston Globe.[3]
Selected bibliography
As Amanda Cockrell
- Legions of the Mist, 1979
- Pomegranate Seed, 2002
- What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay, 2011
The Deer Dancers
- Daughter of the Sky, 1995
- Wind Caller's Children, 1996
- The Long Walk, 1996
The Horse Catchers
- When the Horses Came, 1999
- Children of the Horse, 2000
- The Rain Child, 2001
As Amanda Cockrell "writing as Damion Hunter"
- The Wall at the Edge of the World, 2020
- (sequel to Legions of the Mist)
- The Border Wolves, 2021
- (fourth book in The Centurions series)
As Damion Hunter
The Centurions Trilogy
- The Centurions, 1981
- Barbarian Princess, 1982
- The Emperor's Games, 1984
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