Amanda Barden lives and writes in San Francisco, California. She has been fascinated with names since she was a little girl and is thrilled to be getting paid to pursue her hobby.

Amanda is an attorney for a non-profit agency and, in a strange twist of fate, specializes in elder law.

To learn more, check out this whimsical Q&A with Amanda at the Simon & Schuster website. You can learn interesting things about Amanda like how she describes her life in only 8 words, her fantasy profession, her favorite movies and how she came to write Baby Names Made Easy.