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[[File:Amanda McCarter.jpg|thumb|Amanda McCarter]]'''Amanda McCarter''' is a science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote the ''[[Star Citizen]]'' short story ''One Last Job'' for [[Cloud Imperium Games Ltd.|Cloud Imperium Games]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/serialized-fiction/17101-One-Last-Job-Part-One|text=One Last Job: Part One, By: Amanda McCarter|accessdate=2019-06-04}}</ref>

She started writing in 2007 for Writers of The Future back when self publishing was taking off.<ref name=":0">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasyscififocus/posts/3427265524085888/ Live Q&A and reading], Fantasy/Sci-Fi Focus facebook group, Facebook, September 27, 2023</ref>

She wrote among others the series ''House of Bone and Smoke'' as well as ''Stitch Witches'' .<ref>[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?242870 Amanda McCarter], isfdb.org</ref><ref>[https://creativesinfocus.com/2024/01/23/writing-cyberpunk-with-a-spiritual-bent-creatives-in-focus-episode-221-with-amanda-mccarter/ Writing Cyberpunk with a Spiritual Bent: Creatives in Focus episode 221 with Amanda McCarter], creativesinfocus.com, January 23, 2024 </ref>

When she had a crappy job and struggling to pay bills. she remembered a contest she found in high school, looking for scholarships for college, the Writers of the Future Contest, a contest for beginning science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers with only one stipulation. The entrants could not be previously published.<ref name=":1">[https://www.fictorians.com/tag/amanda-mccarter/ Inspiration], fictorians.com, July 9 2015</ref>

She had written a few fanfics over the years, but she knew someone else’s universe would never get her anywhere and she wanted to be paid for her stories. So she wrote a short story, sent it to the contest, and promptly forgot about it. Months went by. she didn’t even remember entering. Then, one day she got a letter in the mail. She hadn’t won Writers of the Future. She had, however, made it to the quarter finals, nowadays just called an honorable mention. This meant the judge had finished her story, but it was still lacking the strength of something saleable. Her story was in the top ten percent of entries. That little note from a complete stranger saying that she did what the majority of contestants couldn’t on her first entry meant a lot and motivated her to keep going.<ref name=":1" />

*She loves Metal music.<ref name=":0" />

*She's friends with [[Thomas K. Carpenter]].<ref name=":0" />