Amanda Adams (born September 12, 1976) is an American author and archaeologist. She is also a former fashion model and was featured in the 1996 Buffalo Jeans campaign. She attended University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology in the late 1990s and completed her degree with the Kroeber prize. She then obtained a Master's degree in archaeology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Her thesis was titled Visions Cast on Stone, abstracts were published in the journal The Midden.
Her first book, A Mermaid's Tale, was released in 2006. It received a starred review from Booklist. Singer/songwriter Tori Amos endorsed the book calling it "a magic talisman."
Adams was also featured in the 2005 national Levi's print campaign as an archaeologist.
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