[1][2][3][4][5] Hamrick was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and attended the Kirov Academy of Ballet.
[6] Hamrick choreographed a 2019 ballet named Porte Rogue, which was soundtracked to songs by the Rolling Stones and composed in collaboration with her partner, the band's singer, Mick Jagger.
[8][9][10] The romance novel, though not autobiographical in nature, is "loosely based on some truths backstage" during Hamrick's time as a ballerina.
[12] In writing First Position, Hamrick took inspiration from her life experience as a ballerina, the novel Fifty Shades of Grey, and the 2010 psychological horror film Black Swan.
[13][14] Following its release, Good Morning America selected The Unravelling as a "Buzz Pick".