Amelia Holt Atwater-Rhodes, known professionally as Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, is an American author of fantasy and young adult literature. She is also a Language Arts/Literature teacher at Learning Prep School in West Newton, MA. Amelia was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has lived most of her life in Concord, Massachusetts.

Her debut novel, In the Forests of the Night, was published in 1999 when she was fourteen years old. Since then, she has published a new novel almost every year. She has been frequently named as the "successor of Anne Rice" due to the fantastic themes of her books, emphasizing vampire stories. Her most famous work is the Den of Shadows series, which narrates the story of a vampire woman named Risika.

Amelia grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, where she went through the public Concord-Carlisle school district from kindergarten until her graduation in 2001. The highlight of her school years was the chorus, stemming from her love of music and singing. Although she never participated in high school plays as a performer, she enjoyed being involved at other levels. The music and drama community at CCHS was the highlight of her high school career. She was also on the fencing team for two years, an experience that inspired a couple of storylines.

Currently, Amelia lives in Massachusetts with several pets and continues to inspire readers with her imaginative works.