AMANDA KANNO is a Japanese-American writer, who also works as a free-lance editor, proofreader, and sensitivity consultant. She homeschools her children while also pursuing a degree in English/Creative Writing, resulting in many gray hairs which she covers up every 3-4 weeks. She is the author of multiple academic papers covering topics from Aristotle’s Rhetoric to World War II Anti-Japanese Hysteria and was recently invited to present at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research. She lives in Eagle Mountain with her husband, four children, a goat, a bunny, and the world’s okay-est dog.