<p class="biography" <b Amanda S. Adams</b is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Master's degree in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She has worked as a fashion model, an archeologist, and a freelance writer and illustrator. She lives in Minneapolis with her brand new husband and their four birds. She is the author of one previous work of nonfiction, <i A Mermaid's Tale: A Personal Search for Love and Lore</i . She lives in San Francisco.</p