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Amanda Knox

About the Author

Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, and co-host, with her partner Christopher Robinson, of the podcast Labyrinths. Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic,  TIME Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and many other places. She sits on the board of the Innocence Center and serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador.

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Events

April 2025

  • Toronto Reference Library Bram & Bluma Appel Salon

    Amanda Knox speaks with bestselling author and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti about Free and how she recast her public reckoning as a private reflection on the search for meaning. Q&A and book signing to follow.

    Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street), 2nd floor

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  • The Puget Sound Zen Center

    AMANDA KNOX, In Conversation with Jeff Hoyt.

    18005 Vashon Hwy SW Vashon, WA 98070

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  • Elliott Bay Book Company

    Author and activist Amanda Knox visits the store to discuss her new book, Free: My Search for Meaning, with musician Chris Ballew.

    1521 10th Ave. Seattle, WA

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  • LA Times Festival of Books

    Amanda Knox, author of 'Free: My Search for Meaning,' in conversation with Amy Kaufman.

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  • Godmothers Bookstore

    Amanda Knox takes the stage to present Free: My Search for Meaning, which reflects on her world-famous confinement in an Italian prison and her return to an “ordinary” life—and reveals her hard-won truths about purpose and fulfillment. She'll be joined in conversation by Godmothers co-founder Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.

    2280 Lillie Ave Summerland, CA 93067

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