Amanda Vacharat is a website programmer recently turned author, illustrator, and painter of pens.
Amanda’s love for stationery was solidified when she was three years old, and her father would not let her try his fancy fountain pens (“You can touch them, but only with your eyes.”) Since then, she’s been on a mission to make sure no pen is off limits ever again. More recently, her mission has evolved to include rescuing black pens by painting on them.
She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with one kind husband, one loud dog, four needy cats, and one adorable cat-weasel. Her debut YA Novel, THIS MOTH SAW BRIGHTNESS, will be published in Summer 2025. There is at least one mention of fountain pens in its pages.
