Amanda Havill Adgate is a writer and therapist whose work explores the dark intersections of trauma, memory, and the supernatural. With a background in mental health and a passion for gothic storytelling, Amanda weaves narratives that are both emotionally resonant and hauntingly atmospheric. Her fiction often centers on women navigating grief, isolation, and inherited horror, drawing inspiration from folklore, cult psychology, and feminist theory. She has published short horror stories in Gone By Morning, an independently published international horror anthology with proceeds going to We Need Diverse Books (2022), Exquisite Poison, an anthology from Phantom House Press (2022), and the medieval horror anthology Of Plagues and Blasphemy with Grave Belles Press (May 2026). She works with Kristin Dwyer on Breaking The Story retreats, and is co-founder of the woman-forward horror press Grave Belles. She’s also a member of the Horror Writers Association. She lives near the Appalachian Mountains with her feral children and the love of her life, where she balances writing with wild, wonder-filled chaos.