Amanda Cockrell
Encyclopedia
Amanda Cockrell is a professor of English
at Hollins University
, specializing in children's literature and creative writing. She is also the author of a number of works, writing both under her own name and a variety of pseudonyms.
(as Damion Hunter)
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
at Hollins University
Hollins University
Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education, a private university located on a campus on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia and Botetourt County, Virginia...
, specializing in children's literature and creative writing. She is also the author of a number of works, writing both under her own name and a variety of pseudonyms.
Selected bibliography
(as Amanda Cockrell)- Legions of the Mist, 1979
- Pomegranate Seed, 2002
- Daughter of the Sky, 1995
- Wind Caller's Children, 1996
- When the Horses Came, 1999
- Children of the Horse, 2000
- The Rain Child, 2001
(as Damion Hunter)
- The Centurions (book)The Centurions (book)The Centurions is the first book in a historical fiction trilogy about the 1st-century Roman Empire. Set primarily in Rome and Lower Germany circa AD 73, it follows the adventures of a pair of Roman brothers - one free-born and one slave-born - as they serve in the Roman legions.-Plot...
, 1981 - Barbarian Princess (book)Barbarian Princess (book)Barbarian Princess is the second in a historical fiction trilogy about the 1st-century Roman Empire. Set primarily in Roman Britain circa AD 76-79, it follows the adventures of a pair of Roman brothers - one free-born and one slave-born - as they serve in the Roman legions.-Plot summary:Correus...
, 1982 - The Emperor's GamesThe Emperor's GamesThe Emperor's Games is the third and last book in a historical fiction trilogy about the 1st-century Roman Empire. Set primarily in Rome and Lower Germany circa AD 81-83, it follows the adventures of a pair of Roman brothers - one free-born and one slave-born - as they serve in the Roman...
, 1984