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Amanda Palmer
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a member of the duo Evelyn Evelyn and the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. She has gained a cult fanbase and was one of the first musical artists to popularize the use of crowdfunding websites.
Beginning in 2024, sexual assault accusations by numerous women were publicized against Palmer's ex-husband Neil Gaiman. One accuser alleged abuse happened after Palmer befriended her and sued Palmer for negligence in human trafficking and "procuring and presenting the Plaintiff to Gaiman for such abuse." Palmer has denied these allegations. The case was dismissed in February 2026 on the grounds of jurisdiction, with the judge ruling the case should be filed in New Zealand.
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer was born in New York City and grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her father Jack Palmer was a physicist and her mother Katharine Mockett was a computer programmer. Her parents divorced when she was one year old, and as a child she rarely saw her father. Her maternal grandfather Alfred E. Mockett was on the board of directors of the Beneficial Corporation.
She attended Lexington High School, where she was active in the drama club, and later attended Wesleyan University where she studied theater and was a member of the Eclectic Society. In 1999, Palmer founded the Shadowbox Collective, a performance group devoted to street theatre and putting on theatrical shows (such as the 2002 play, Hotel Blanc, which she directed).
Palmer graduated from Wesleyan University in 1998 with a BA in German Studies, later dropping out of a graduate program at Heidelberg University. Palmer spent several years busking as a living statue called the Eight Foot Bride in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Edinburgh, in Berlin, in Saint Petersburg, and in Adelaide, where she met her future collaborator Jason Webley. She refers to her street performance work in the Dresden Dolls song "The Perfect Fit", as well as on the A is for Accident track "Glass Slipper".[citation needed]
At a Halloween party in 2000, Palmer met drummer Brian Viglione and afterwards they formed the Dresden Dolls. In an effort to expand the performance experience and interactivity, Palmer began inviting Lexington High School students to perform drama pieces at the Dresden Dolls' live shows. This evolved to the Dirty Business Brigade, a troupe of seasoned and new artists, performing at many gigs.
In 2002, the band recorded their debut album, The Dresden Dolls, with producer Martin Bisi. They produced the album before signing with the label Roadrunner Records.
In 2006, The Dresden Dolls Companion was published, with words, music and artwork by Amanda Palmer. In it she has written a history of the album The Dresden Dolls and of the duo, as well as a partial autobiography. The book also contains the lyrics, sheet music, and notes on each song in the album, all written by Palmer, as well as a DVD with a 20-minute interview of Amanda about making the book.[citation needed]
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Amanda Palmer
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a member of the duo Evelyn Evelyn and the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. She has gained a cult fanbase and was one of the first musical artists to popularize the use of crowdfunding websites.
Beginning in 2024, sexual assault accusations by numerous women were publicized against Palmer's ex-husband Neil Gaiman. One accuser alleged abuse happened after Palmer befriended her and sued Palmer for negligence in human trafficking and "procuring and presenting the Plaintiff to Gaiman for such abuse." Palmer has denied these allegations. The case was dismissed in February 2026 on the grounds of jurisdiction, with the judge ruling the case should be filed in New Zealand.
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer was born in New York City and grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her father Jack Palmer was a physicist and her mother Katharine Mockett was a computer programmer. Her parents divorced when she was one year old, and as a child she rarely saw her father. Her maternal grandfather Alfred E. Mockett was on the board of directors of the Beneficial Corporation.
She attended Lexington High School, where she was active in the drama club, and later attended Wesleyan University where she studied theater and was a member of the Eclectic Society. In 1999, Palmer founded the Shadowbox Collective, a performance group devoted to street theatre and putting on theatrical shows (such as the 2002 play, Hotel Blanc, which she directed).
Palmer graduated from Wesleyan University in 1998 with a BA in German Studies, later dropping out of a graduate program at Heidelberg University. Palmer spent several years busking as a living statue called the Eight Foot Bride in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Edinburgh, in Berlin, in Saint Petersburg, and in Adelaide, where she met her future collaborator Jason Webley. She refers to her street performance work in the Dresden Dolls song "The Perfect Fit", as well as on the A is for Accident track "Glass Slipper".[citation needed]
At a Halloween party in 2000, Palmer met drummer Brian Viglione and afterwards they formed the Dresden Dolls. In an effort to expand the performance experience and interactivity, Palmer began inviting Lexington High School students to perform drama pieces at the Dresden Dolls' live shows. This evolved to the Dirty Business Brigade, a troupe of seasoned and new artists, performing at many gigs.
In 2002, the band recorded their debut album, The Dresden Dolls, with producer Martin Bisi. They produced the album before signing with the label Roadrunner Records.
In 2006, The Dresden Dolls Companion was published, with words, music and artwork by Amanda Palmer. In it she has written a history of the album The Dresden Dolls and of the duo, as well as a partial autobiography. The book also contains the lyrics, sheet music, and notes on each song in the album, all written by Palmer, as well as a DVD with a 20-minute interview of Amanda about making the book.[citation needed]
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