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Amanda Knox

Biography

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox is an exoneree; journalist; public speaker; author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, WAITING TO BE HEARD; and co-host, with her partner Christopher Robinson, of the podcast "Labyrinths." Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, TIME magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and many other places. She sits on the board of the Innocence Center and serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador.

Amanda Knox

Books by Amanda Knox

by Amanda Knox - Memoir, Nonfiction

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit --- and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though she was exonerated, it’s taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly feel free. FREE recounts how Knox survived prison, the mistakes she made, and the misadventures she had reintegrating into society, culminating in the untold story of her return to Italy --- and the extraordinary relationship she’s built with the man who sent her to prison. It is the gripping saga of what happens when you become the definition of notorious, but have quietly returned to the matters of a normal life --- seeking a life partner, finding a job, or even just going out in public.

by Amanda Knox - Nonfiction

When Amanda Knox left Seattle to study in Perugia, Italy, she was full of anticipation at the prospect of meeting Italian men, learning the language, and living in a centuries-old city teeming with other students. However, she had no idea that what seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime would turn into a living nightmare that continues to haunt her to this day.