about
amanda
jennings

Amanda Jennings was born in London in 1973. She accepted a place to read architecture at Cambridge University, but it soon became clear it wasn’t for her and after a year she changed course to History of Art. After she finished university she set up a business with a friend writing copy for a variety of small companies, then a year or so later took a job as a researcher at the BBC. Once she had her first child, she found it hard to juggle home life with working, and could no longer ignore her yearning to write. When she became pregnant with her second child, and encouraged by the success of a shortlisted script in a BBC writing competition, she took the opportunity to be at home with her children, and grabbed every spare moment she could find to write.

Sworn Secret, her first novel, was published in the UK in August 2012. On kindle it was #4 bestseller in the UK, a Top 100 bestseller in the US, and reached the #1 spot in Italy in translation. It was also published in Taiwan in translation. Her second book, The Judas Scar, was published in May 2014, and shortly after was optioned by a film and television. In Her Wake, her third, was a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick and was published internationally, reaching the number 1 spot in Italy. Amanda moved to HQ, HarperCollins and has published The Cliff House, The Storm, and The Haven, all set in Cornwall, which is where her mother is from and her heart lies. Beautiful People is her seventh book and will be published on November 7th in hardback, audio and ebook.

Amanda now lives just outside Henley-on-Thames and has three grown up daughters and a varied menagerie. She is currently working on her next book. When she isn't writing she can generally be found walking her dogs, brushing a horse, or dreaming of mountains or the sea. She loves connecting with readers and can be found on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter