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ⓘ About Amanda Gorman
Gorman was born in Los Angeles, California where she was raised by a single mother. Amanda was born a twin with her sister Gabrielle and she has one other sibling. Her sister Gabrielle is an activist and filmmaker. Their mother, Joan Wicks, worked as a sixth grade teacher in Watts. As a child, Amanda and her siblings had little TV time in their family with Amanda preferring to read and write in her free time. As a child, Amanda has a auditory processing disorder and is hypersensitive to sound, she also had a speech impediment as a child. The latter was helped by her attending speech therapy during her childhood. Instead of see it as a negative, Gorman always saw it as a strength because it allowed her to develop stronger reading and writing skills.
All Book Series by Amanda Gorman
The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2015
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
Book 2 of 3 · published 2021
Call Us What We Carry / The Hill We Climb and Other Poems
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2021
Girls on the Rise
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2025 Co-authored · Loveis Wise
How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
Single-title series · published 2022
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Gorman was born in Los Angeles, California where she was raised by a single mother. Amanda was born a twin with her sister Gabrielle and she has one other sibling. Her sister Gabrielle is an activist and filmmaker.
Which Amanda Gorman series should I start with?
Amanda Gorman's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough (2015).
How many books has Amanda Gorman written?
Amanda Gorman has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2025. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Poetry, Children's and Anthologies.
In what order should Amanda Gorman's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 7 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Amanda Gorman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Amanda Gorman's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Poetry (3 books); Children's (3 books); Anthologies (1 book).