Amanda Roth is a writer and editor living in Seattle. Professionally trained as a clinical social worker, she worked for nearly a decade in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings.

Her poetry and creative nonfiction are published in West Branch, Portland Review, HAD, South Carolina Review, Literary Mama, Jet Fuel Review, MAYDAY, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. Her work has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

Amanda is a freelance developmental editor, a teaching artist at the Grünewald Guild, and a poetry reader for several journals and book prizes. Additionally, she leads the online critique workshops at Salt Tooth Writers.

Off the page, Amanda enjoys block printing, fiber arts, and ink sketching. In other words: erasure, relief, knots, and imperfection.