Amanda Kyle Williams has contributed to short story collections and as a freelance writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She worked as a house painter, a property manager, a sales rep, a commercial embroiderer, a courier, a VP of manufacturing at a North Georgia textile mill, and owned Latch Key Pets, a pet sitting and dog walking business. She also worked with a PI firm in Atlanta on surveillance operations, and became a court-appointed process server. Amanda is passionate about animals and has been active in the humane community for many years. She is one of the founding directors at Lifeline Animal Project in Atlanta, Georgia, a nonprofit, no-kill animal welfare organization. Amanda is also a supporter of The Fugees Family.