{"id":19,"date":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/867379\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:01:45","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amanda Hacker<\/strong> is a stand-up comedian, writer, and professional over-sharer who has spent most of her life on both sides of the scale\u2014literally. Known for turning her struggles with food, fitness, and Spanx into punchlines, Amanda has performed her comedy everywhere from senior living centers to rowdy bars, always reminding audiences that laughter really is the best ab workout. When she\u2019s not writing about her latest attempt at eating healthy or her questionable relationship with breadsticks, Amanda is a wife, a new mom, and a proud Midwesterner who firmly believes Target runs count as cardio. Lighten Up with Amanda is her first book, and it proves that even when the journey is heavy, the humor can be light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Hacker is a stand-up comedian, writer, and professional over-sharer who has spent most of her life on both sides of the scale\u2014literally. Known for turning her struggles with food, fitness, and Spanx into punchlines, Amanda has performed her comedy everywhere from senior living centers to rowdy bars, always reminding audiences that laughter really is the best ab workout. When she\u2019s not writing about her latest attempt at eating healthy or her&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/about-the-author\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}