Amberrose Hammond earned a BA in English from Grand Valley State University in 2005. In 2006, her pursuits into strange history led her to design and develop Michigan's Otherside, a website on the unusual and mysterious worlds of Michigan, past and present. She published her first book with The History Press in 2009 titled, "Ghosts & Legends of Michigan's West Coast," and her second book, "Wicked Ottawa County, Michigan," in 2011.