Aman­da Pan­itch spent most of her child­hood telling sto­ries to her four younger sib­lings, try­ing both to make them laugh and scare them too much to sleep. Now she lives in New York City, where she writes dark, fun­ny sto­ries for teens, kids, and the pigeons that nest on her apart­ment bal­cony. Vis­it Aman­da online at aman​da​pan​itch​.com.