# Amanda LaPera

Official website: https://amandalapera.com/

Amanda LaPera is an award-winning author, speaker, educator, and mental health advocate. Her work includes psychology memoirs about schizophrenia, anosognosia, caregiving, family impact, resilience, and hope, as well as the Desert of Dreams young adult fiction series set in a small Mojave Desert town during the 1980s and 1990s.

## Key Pages

- About Amanda: https://amandalapera.com/about
- Books: https://amandalapera.com/books
- Psychology Memoirs: https://amandalapera.com/memoirs
- Desert of Dreams Series: https://amandalapera.com/desert-of-dreams
- Speaking: https://amandalapera.com/speaking
- Media Kit & Press: https://amandalapera.com/media
- Events: https://amandalapera.com/events
- Reading Guides: https://amandalapera.com/reading-guides
- Newsletter and Social Links: https://amandalapera.com/connect

## Books

- Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope: https://amandalapera.com/books/losing-dad
- Finding Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search: https://amandalapera.com/books/finding-dad
- Sway with the Wind: https://amandalapera.com/books/sway-with-the-wind
- Dare to Dream: https://amandalapera.com/books/dare-to-dream
- Reach for Hope: https://amandalapera.com/books/reach-for-hope
- Embrace the Truth: https://amandalapera.com/books/embrace-the-truth
- Allow in Light: https://amandalapera.com/books/allow-in-light
- Mend the Heart: The Final Story: https://amandalapera.com/books/mend-the-heart

## Professional Contact

- Speaking and booking inquiries: Dionne Veselko, Publicist, Adamo Press, dveselko@adamopress.com
- Bulk and publisher inquiries: Adamo Press, info@adamopress.com

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