If you are interested in writing and aspire to be a published author, you are definitely familiar with Amber Frey, a well-known American author. She has written many novels, including 20/20 (1978), Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005), and The Murder of Laci Peterson (2008). (2017). Her books have been translated into several languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Frey was born on January 4th, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Donald Lee Frey, an insurance executive, and Marie Elizabeth Miller, who worked as a secretary. She has one brother, David, three years her senior. Amber Frey started writing at a very young age. When she was 12 years old, her mother bought her a typewriter for Christmas and told her that if she wanted to become a writer, she would have to practice on it daily. So, every day after school, she would type for hours until her fingers hurt. Later on, she said that this was when she first realized how difficult it was to write a novel. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago. It was here that she began to write poetry and short stories. One of her poems was even published in a local newspaper. Frey went to high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. There, she met another future author named J. D.