Writer, anthropologist, and dark historian, Amanda R. Woomer was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. 

 

Her first book, A Haunted Atlas of Western New York, was published in 2019 and has sold thousands of copies in the Buffalo region in shops such as Vidler's, Barnes & Noble, and Paranormal Oddities.

 

Originally a paranormal researcher, since 2019, she has branched out from ghost stories and has written dozens of books on not just the paranormal but dark history, true crime, cemetery symbolism, the Victorian Era, mourning customs, horror movies, and more.

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She is a featured writer in the award-winning United Kingdom-based Haunted Magazine and The Morbid Curious. She has worked with fellow writers in the field, including Troy Taylor, M. Belanger, and Richard Estep. She is a regular presenter at the Haunted America Conference in Alton, Illinois, and has given lectures at Forest Lawn Cemetery and the historic Hull House in Western New York. 

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One of her biggest passions is sharing women's untold stories, both past and present. Not only has she published books such as Harlots & Hauntings and The Art of Grieving, but she is also the creator of the all-female paranormal, metaphysical, and occult journal, The Feminine Macabre, which features the writing and research from women all over the world in topics such as hauntings, history, witchcraft, folklore, tarot, cryptids, and high strangeness.  

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Amanda's journey into writing and studying the paranormal, Spiritualism, and the Victorian Era stems from the death of her brother, Jed, in 2015. In her grief journey, she learned that society struggles with discussing death and grief. In response, she created The Traveling Museum of Memento Mori, a mini museum with over 100 artifacts from the Victorian Era having to do with mourning, including jewelry made from human hair, postmortem photography, clothing, jewelry, a child's coffin, and even a "tear catcher." She's brought the museum to numerous libraries and historical societies throughout New York as well as Massachusetts and Illinois. 

 

With a background in theatre as well as education, Amanda has a passion for lecturing on topics such as cemetery symbolism, Victorian mourning customs, creepy holiday traditions, women in the paranormal, vampires, and more. If you are looking for an entertaining and informative lecture on a peculiar topic for your organization, please reach out for a quote.