Amanda R. Woomer is the author of nearly 20 books focused on dark history, the paranormal, women's history, and Victoriana, including Harlots & Hauntings, The Art of Grieving: The Beauty Behind Victorian Mourning Customs, and A Mortal's Guide to Cemeteries. She is a featured writer for Haunted Magazine and Troy Taylor's Morbid Curious and is also the creator of the all-female paranormal journal The Feminine Macabre. She currently resides in Buffalo, New York with her husband and son, their black cat, and her collection of Victorian mourning memorabilia.
