Amanda Lamb

Amanda Lamb is a professional juggler who hasn't slept in years. She juggles two busy careers along with a family. By day she is a television journalist assigned to the crime beat at an award-winning CBS affiliate, WRAL-TV, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is also the author of eight published books. Her newest project is a republished version of "Love Lies," a true crime originally published in 2011. The new version contains the rest of the story-what happened in the years after the not-so-final verdict.In her more than twenty years as a professional journalist, Amanda has developed a reputation as the go-to reporter for networks seeking credible feedback and interviews on murder cases garnering national attention in the Southeast. She has penned two other books about murder cases she has covered for WRAL, "Evil Next Door," and "Deadly Dose." Her books have been the subject of dozens of national crime magazine programs including 48 Hours, Forensic Files and Discovery Investigates.Amanda has also written three touching, humorous memoirs about parenting including "I Love You to God and Back," "Girls Gone Child," and "Smotherhood." "I Love You to God and Back" is also available in a children's version. Her collections of funny, self-deprecating, tender essays take the reader on an insightful journey into the complexities of raising children in the twenty-first century. She also writes a blog about parenting every Monday called "Go Ask Mom" on WRAL.com.Her newest memoir is titled "The Living Room," which documents the eighty days she spent caring for her mother who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2012. The book is a moving, inspirational tribute about the transforming power of caregiving and how we can all learn more about how to live from facing death.A native of Philadelphia, Amanda she now makes her home in North Carolina with her husband and daughters. She graduated with degrees in English and psychology from Duke University and obtained her masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University.