Amanda Boyden

Amanda Boyden is an American novelist.

Born in Northern Minnesota and raised in Chicago and St. Louis, Boyden studied creative writing at the University of New Orleans, where she and her ex-husband, Canadian writer Joseph Boyden, were faculty members until 2012. In addition to writing, Amanda Boyden is a trapeze artist who founded Aerialists, Inc., her own all-female troupe, and performed as Lady Hummingbird. Her memoir, I Got the Dog (2020), details personal aspects of her marriage and divorce, while "offering little in the way of schadenfreude."

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References

  1. 1 2 Jackson, A. C. (2020-10-15). ""I Got the Dog" Is A Fierce and Funny Account Of A Marriage Gone Wrong". PopDust. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  2. 1 2 Gough, Laurie (September 28, 2020). "Rape, infidelity and the detonation of a marriage: Novelist Amanda Boyden's tumultuous life has led to new memoir". The National Post.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Drew Hayden (2021-07-05). "Amanda Boyden's new book, I Got The Dog, is commendable for offering little in the way of schadenfreude". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-27.