About Amy
Amy E. Bryant loves writing Middle Grade & YA Fantasy Adventure – with a little bit of magic and lots of heart – and lives with her family in the South Island of New Zealand (Middle Earth), a bowshot from the world’s most gorgeous river.
In her free time, she runs The Storylights, a growing website dedicated to inspiring young writers (ages 9-16) through short story contests and fun resources – with the help of her brother, and Thor the Viking Sheep (a most fearsome warrior and definitely not a soft toy).
Amy’s upcoming novel, The Lion and the Mage, won the ACFW Genesis Award (YA/Middle Grade Category) and The Oxford/Pushkin Children’s Fantasy Prize, and was a finalist in the Realm Makers Aurora Contest.
She’s a member of Realm Makers and an auntie to thirteen adorable nieces and nephews.
Favourite Things
Books or movies? I can never quite say! Either way, I love discovering new favourite stories and raving over (or analysing) book to film adaptions. I believe you can learn a lot about a person by looking at the things they love, so – besides stars, deep deep woods, and thunderous downpours of rain – here are a few of mine…
Authors:
C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, George MacDonald, L.M. Montgomery, Trenton Lee Stewart, Andrew Peterson, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Nadine Brandes, and N.D. Wilson.
Fiction:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson, The Edge of Everywhen by A.S. Mackey, and The 100 Cupboards Trilogy by N.D. Wilson.
Nonfiction:
The Story of With by Allen Arnold, Waking the Dead by John Eldredge
Movies:
Lord of the Rings, Tangled, Peter Pan (2003 version), August Rush, The Last Samurai, Beauty and the Beast (Disney animated version), How to Train Your Dragon
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