Amanda Hocking's Net Worth as of 2024
$10 Million
Amanda Hocking was born on the 12th July 1984, in Austin, Minnesota USA, and is a writer, and a notable novelist, most famous for her bestselling young adult fiction works such as “The Trylle” trilogy. Her other works are also quite popular, such as “My Blood Approves” and the “Watersong” series.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth one of the USA Today’s bestselling authors HAS accumulated so far? How rich Amanda Hocking is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Amanda Hocking’s net worth, as of mid-2017, revolves around the sum of $10 million, acquired through a series of commercially successful novels that she has been publishing since 2010.
Amanda Hocking Net Worth $10 million
Prior to becoming a full-time novelist, Amanda worked as a home group employee, helping people with disabilities, occasionally writing in her spare time. In April 2010, she self-released her first book – “My Blood Approves” – in an e-book format. This was followed by the release of four more books from the same series, entitled “Fate”, “Flutter”, “Wisdom” and “Letters to Elise: A Peter Townsend Novella”, which rapidly gained a huge dose of popularity, and within less than a year recorded almost one million copies sold, adding the sum of roughly $2 million to her revenues. This initial success provided the basis for Amanda Hocking’s present day net worth.
In March 2011 Amanda signed a $2 million publishing deal with St. Martin’s Press, which then re-released the five books of her “My Blood Approves” series. In 2012, the entire “Trylle Trilogy” was published, containing “Switched”, “Tom” and “Ascend” – the story follows a 17-year-old girl who supervenes a paranormal world in which she discovers her true identity. It was welcomed warmly by the audience and was a huge commercial success. It is certain that these accomplishments helped Amanda Hocking to further increase her net worth.
These ventures were followed by the release of the “Watersong” series, a young adult paranormal fantasy tetralogy about young sirens and their world abundant with romance as well as intrigues and unimaginable secrets. In 2015, in her recognizable manner and following the successful path from her previous releases, Amanda published a new book series, entitled “The Kanin Chronicles” – a “Trylle” spin-off series describing events four years after the original story. These releases have repeated the success of their predecessors, which resulted in significant increments to Amanda Hocking’s total wealth.
In addition to all those already mentioned, Amanda has published several other works such as the two-volume zombie novel series “The Hollows” containing of “Hollowland” and “Hollowmen”, as well as two standalone novels – “Virtue” in 2011 and “Freeks” in January 2017. The sixth book of the “My Blood Approves” series entitled “Swear” was released in late 2016. Doubtlessly, all these achievements have helped Amanda Hocking to add a to the total of her net worth.
When it comes to her personal life, Amanda has managed to keep it private as there aren’t any relevant data about her business or romantic connections.
When not working on new books, Amanda in her spare time serves as the guitarist of Fraggin’ Aardvarks band.
