# 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 coming-of-age 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 (publishes November 1, 2026): 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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