Jenkins, Amanda L.

Amanda L. Jenkins is a children's book writer, poet, and award-winning author of several essays including "American Youth: Their Place in the Future." Working in education for a decade, she has taught preschool children to college juniors. Most recently she founded the Huntingdon County Children's Book Writers (HCCBW) critique group. She lives with her family in Central Pennsylvania, where she laughs with her daughter in their strawberry patch, hikes, and is the director of an early childhood education center.