Author Bio
Amanda Leigh Munson, or A. L. Munson, is a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association. She was a nominee for the 2025 Brave New Weird Awards and her work has appeared in/on various magazines, e-zines, anthologies, and podcasts. She has an upcoming publication in Strange Aeon 2026 and is currently querying agents for her first novel.
Munson is from the small town of St. Rose, Louisiana and is a tribal member of the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw of Mississippi. Her Choctaw name is Onnahinli Hinak Bitepuli, meaning “Morning Rainbow.” She is aro/ace, neurodivergent, hearing impaired, and a stubborn Luddite.
Aside from Louisiana, Munson has lived in the Czech Republic, Romania, New York, and Kansas and has held every job title from criminal defense paralegal to archivist. She is now back in the New Orleans area where she works as a law librarian, majors in physics, and practices archery and landscape photography in her free time.
Fun facts about her:
- Is left-handed and a vegetarian
- Broke a toe, fell down a mountain, got frostbite and typhoid all in the span of a month while living in an $8/night hostel in Romania
- Is deathly allergic to cats and had to go to the ER once because of it
- Has never worn make-up or high heels and has no idea why other women torture themselves with these things
- Loves animals, the outdoors, low tech (i.e. non-electric or non-internet enabled tech), aviation, ’80s music and movies, soccer (Viva el Tri!), anime, crime dramas from the criminals’ perspective, murder mysteries, action/adventure, and anything sci-fi or horror
