Published Works
- Nights & Days with Drew & Rayze (Drayze Collection) (As Amanda Innes, December 2023)
- “One Day of Sun & Sugar (Drew & Rayze #4)” (as Amanda Innes, April 2023)
- “One Night in Wyland High (Drew & Rayze #3)” (as Amanda Innes, February 2023)
NOMINEE: Best Overall Novella, Best Romantic Relationship – Queer Indie Awards 2023 - “One Day at Middleview Mall (Drew & Rayze #2)” (as Amanda Innes, December 2022)
- The Switchgrass Crown (as Amanda Innes, December 2022)
WINNER: 2nd Place, YA LGBTQ+ & 3rd Place, YA Legends, Myths, Fables – BookFest Awards, Spring 2023
SEMI-FINALIST: Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Awards 2023 - The New Sherlock Holmes Adventures: Four Stories (re-release, October 2022)
- “One Night in Wildcat Woods (Drew & Rayze #1)” (as Amanda Innes, August 2022)
- The Ghosts of Marshley Park (as Amanda Innes, October 2021)
WINNER: 1st Place, YA Ghosts & Mystery & Thrillers – BookFest Awards, Spring 2022 - Lost Pieces & Things with No Place (June 2021)
- The K-Pro (re-release, June 2020)
- The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller (re-release, January 2020)
Was considered for the Stonewall Book Award - “Origami of the Heart” (East of the Web, December 2019)
- “The Zodiac Clock” (December 2018)
- Faebourne (October 2018)
- Brynnde (audiobook, June 2018)
- “A Good Washing and One Nice Dress” in Fairy Tales and Folktales Re-imagined (Between the Lines Publishing, November 2017)
- “Professor Moriarty and the Demented Detective” (November 2017)
- The New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (audiobook, May 2017)
- Brynnde (February 2017)
- Changers: Manifesting Destiny (Evernight Teen, August 2016)
- “Aptera” in Aurora Wolf (June 2016)
- The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller (Tirgearr Publishing, January 2016)
- “Sherlock Holmes and the Monumental Horror” (July 2015)
- The K-Pro (March 2013)
- The World Ends at Five and Other Stories, 2nd Edition (November 2012)
- “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of Ichabod Reed” (September 2012)
- “Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Last Line” (July 2012)
- St. Peter in Chains (June 2012)
- The World Ends at Five and Other Stories (2008)
- “A.B.C.” in Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine (Fall 2004)
- “There Was an Old Woman…” in Rosebud Magazine (April 2004)
- “Haiku 101” in The Aurorean (March 2004)
- “A Day in the Life of a Moderately Successful Writer” and “The Snake” in Dingbat #4 (Emerson College, 2000)
*Except for short stories published online, links are for Amazon U.S.
Produced Works (Theatre)
“Warm Bodies”
- Finalist, 3rd Annual LabWorks, Valley Repertory Theatre, Enfield, CT (Feb 2012)
- Source Festival, Washington D.C. (June 2012)
Produced Works (Film)
Adverse Possession, a short film based on the play “Warm Bodies” (Lavender/Hassan, 2014)
- Premiered at San Diego Fall Film Festival (November 2015)
Unproduced Screenplays
20 August
- Semifinalist, Film Empire Fempire Screenwriting Contest (2018)
- Finalist, Richmond International Film Festival (2014)
- Quarterfinalist, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition (2013)
Nominee, Best Role Written for a Leading Man - Semifinalist, Silent River Film Festival (2013)
- Quarterfinalist, Creative World Awards (2013)
St. Peter in Chains (based on the novella)
- Winner, Table Read My Screenplay (2013)
Script was given a professional table read at Sundance Film Festival (audio available) - Semifinalist, Richmond International Film Festival (2014)
- Preliminary Finalist, Creative World Awards (2013)
Hunting Victor Frankenstein
- Semifinalist, Creative World Awards (2017)
- Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 Happy Writers TV Writing Contest (2014)
Running Blind (formerly The Blonde Leading the Blind), co-written with Stan Bradbury
- Finalist, Creative World Awards (2014)
Beautiful Monster, co-written with Ty Mapp
Related Experience
- Intern, 20th Century Fox/Lynda Obst Productions
- Participant, Shakespeare at Winedale
- Production Coordinator, Houghton Mifflin (2001-2003)
- Developmental Editor, Pearson (2003-2006)
- Instructor in Shakespeare, Mythology, and Creative Writing, College for Kids
See also my In the Media page for a full list of interviews, podcasts, and other coverage.