About
Amanda Kay Oaks is a freelance writer based just outside Pittsburgh. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing/BA Literature from The University of Evansville and an MFA in Creative Writing: Nonfiction from Chatham University, with a concentration in pedagogy.
Amanda’s niches include books, gaming, witchcraft, chronic pain, and pop culture. Bylines include The Escapist, Bonus Action, FanFare, mayksYoga, and others. Her personal essays have appeared in bonfire(s), The Longridge Review, Golden Walkman Magazine, and others. Scholarly work has appeared in The Hemingway Review.
In her spare time, she can be found doing yoga, playing video games, baking, or throwing some dice with her friends playing Pathfinder.