Gregory Amato made a career of selling his quill as a mercenary writer for many years. He wrote true and important things for newspapers, magazines, academia, and, for over a decade, intelligence analysis for the FBI.
Now, he writes fantasy stories based on the myths and sagas of the vikings. His fiction is often influenced by tales lost to time, usually full of high adventure, and always the sort that makes readers late to dinner.
Outside his time spent spinning yarns about vikings and wizards, he teaches Judo*, brews beer, and plays DnD** when he gets the chance.
Gregory lives happily with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
*More recently practicing long sword as main martial art.
**More recently trying out Daggerheart.
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Interviews
Rowdy Geirsson of Scandinavian Aggression picked my brain at length in his latest “Ymir’s Corpse Interviews” series, where we expounded on the awesomeness of the legendary sagas, dirty jokes therein, and trends in fantasy fiction. Also, I lay down a few kennings for “smart phone,” only one of which involves toilet humor.
Interviewed by Dr. Mathias Nordvig and Amina Otto on the Sacred Flame Podcast. We talked about vikings in fiction and how their portrayal is often used for influence (good in my case, not so good in a lot of others). Also check out the Sacred Flame Podcast Youtube channel for the interview with full video.
From the Vikingology podcast on Substack with professor Terri Barnes and historical fiction author CJ Adrien.
Podcast of my interview with fantasy author Kimberly Grymes of the From Ideas to Pages to Publishing podcast.
Playback of my LIVE discussion with Josh at Already Overbooked!
Watch my interview with Josh at Already Overbooked!
Listen to author Merick NH Ulrik‘s podcast with me as his first ever guest!
Watch my interview with author and Booktuber Gabriel Garcia, aka The Wandering Scribe!