About Amanda

Amanda Chambers is an award-winning author, editor, college professor turned stay-at-home mom, Black Girl Magic hype woman, and kickass entrepreneur. 

 

Finding her love for reading and writing at an early age, Amanda often used books as an escape from a tumultuous childhood. Her passion for literature developed with the turn of every page she read and behind every moment she found when reading.

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Due to Amanda being diagnosed with a learning disability as a teen, it was predicted by doctors and educators alike that she would be unlikely to find success in academia and would most likely be left behind. However, Amanda’s mother dismissed the opinions of medical professionals, and an IQ test was conducted that proved Amanda to be well above her peers. Not only did the author graduate from high school on time, but went on to receive three English degrees, join multiple honors societies, and became the youngest professor in her post-secondary department at the age of 28.  Amanda realized at this time that teaching English wasn’t just her job, it was a part of who she had worked diligently to become: a successful leader.

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Amanda may have ended her career as an in-classroom professor and an assistant director of a university’s writing center, but she never stopped being an educator. Expanding her family granted her an opportunity to continue her career as an online professor, opening the door for her new role as a proud homeschooler for her daughter, Brooke.  

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Amanda's accomplishments over the course of her career have been recognized on various platforms. She’s won multiple awards including Instructor of the Quarter and Distinguished Educator of the Year. In addition to those, Amanda has also received the:

• Gus Witherspoon Award in Cultural Arts – 2022 – From the Raleigh/Greater Wake County Nation Pan Hellenic Council

• Top 22 Under 40 – 2021 – From Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

• Entrepreneur of the Year – 2019 – From Iota Sweethearts, Inc.

 

Amanda’s ambition drove her to new heights of success in education, but she still needed to pursue her other lifelong dream: writing a book. This would be the start of her authorpreneurial journey. In January 2016, she resumed working on the book she began writing in 2008 and ultimately self-published on her 35th birthday ( August 27th)  of that same year.

 

Despite having simultaneously served as a professor while also gaining experience in the publishing atmosphere via various traditional publishing companies, Amanda took the road less traveled and self-published her first novel under the pseudonym Serendipity, which happens to be her favorite word. Ember’s Flame, a spicy romance tale, is one of her most renowned projects. It hit number one on Amazon’s best-selling chart the day it was released and further reassured her that the endless hours of self-publishing, research, and dedication weren’t in vain.

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