Amanda Downum

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Amanda Downum in 2011

Amanda Downum is an American fantasy author born in Virginia and now resident in Texas; she spent time in Indonesia and Micronesia, and those experiences influence her work.

The Drowning City and The Bone Palace share the same protagonist, the necromancer Isyllt Iskaldur, and the same world, but are set years apart and have largely stand-alone plots.

She maintains a website and a LiveJournal, where more information and updates can be found.

Works written by Amanda Downum include:

Novels

Short Stories

  • "Wrack" (2006)
  • "Gingerbread and Time" (2006)
  • "Dogtown" (2006)
  • "And in the Living Rock, Still She Sings" (2006)
  • "Brambles" (2006)
  • "Flotsam" (2006)
  • "The Garden, The Moon, The Wall" (2006)
  • "Snake Charmer" (2006)
  • "Smoke & Mirrors" (2006)
  • "Ebb" (2007)
  • "The Salvation Game" (2007)
  • "Ghostlight" (2008)
  • "Ballistic" (2008)
  • "Pinion" (2008)
  • "The Tenderness of Jackals" (2009)
  • "Aconite & Rue" (2009)
  • "Spell 81A" (2012)
  • "Blue Valentine" (2011)
  • "Bone Garden" (2012)
  • "Red" (2012)
  • "Snakebite" (2014)