While in residency in September, the American writer Amanda Wenger completed a draft of her second young adult novel, in which two girls from a copper mining town discover a strange faerie world beneath the mine. With the help of a disgraced knight, a faerie bookkeeper, and two necromancers who can't stay dead, the girls must navigate the politics of the faerie realm and protect the mortal world from an ancient threat that lurks below.

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Amanda Wenger (she/her) is a Houston-based writer and performer with a background in critical care nursing. She has designed and facilitated writing workshops for health professionals and is the recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant to finish a first novel. Her work has been supported by Hedgebrook, the Vermont Studio Center, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. In addition to being a former FORGE NYC Fellow, Amanda is a former Writers’ League of Texas Fellow and serves on the Writers’ League of Texas Board of Directors.