Amanda Solimando is a women's fiction novelist, hoping to get her books into the hands of her readers soon. She is the wife to a combat veteran and mom to two girls growing up so much faster than she would like. She runs every day, can't seem to go to bed before midnight, and doesn't understand why football can't be played year round. She's so Jersey she bleeds the Turnpike, and firmly believes M&Ms and Diet Coke can cure most problems.