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Novelist, journalist, actress and broadcaster, Amanda Lees is equally at home on Richard & Judy’s couch or writing powerful drama for younger readers.
Amanda was born in Hong Kong and survived both a convent boarding school and subsequent incarceration at a Jesuit boys’ school before being summarily ejected for reasons too nefarious to mention. A onetime stand-up comedian, she teaches presentation skills to authors and conducts workshops on story and dramatic form for children.
An actress and broadcaster as well as a novelist, Amanda appears regularly on BBC radio and LBC and was a contracted writer to the hit series WEEKENDING on Radio 4. She has conducted a love coaching phone-in from the sofa of Richard & Judy and wooed the viewers on Channel 5 Live. She won an award at the Hungarian Film Festival for a short film she produced called PROs AND CONs and 
has a number of film and television projects currently in development, including a major new series in conjunction with Talent TV based on a forthcoming series of books for older children.
She has written for, or contributed to, The Evening Standard, The Times, New Woman, US Cosmopolitan and Company Magazine and has published two non-fiction titles, SEX MAGIC and E-MAGIC, under the name Amanda Craven. Formerly a resident of New York, Amanda now lives in London with her partner and daughter.
| On the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Redhammer announces a major children deal for Amanda with Piccadilly Press. KUMARI: GODDESS OF GOTHAM is the first in a three-part series that introduces a big new children's character: Kumari. Says Piccaddilly's Publisher & Managing Director Brenda Gardner: "We love Kumari and this is absolutely right for the Piccadilly list. She has the zeitgeist of today's young girls and is certain to appeal to an international audience. Adds Peter Cox: "Kumari is certainly one of the most exciting new publishing properties I've seen in the past couple of years: I will be enthusiastically selling film rights at proof stage." The full press release (pdf) can be downloaded here. |
REVIEWS
Amanda is the author of the bestselling satirical novels SELLING OUT and SECRET ADMIRER (both published by Pan) which have both received critical acclaim and have been translated into several languages.
'A riotous, romantic comedy of errors and mistaken identity.' -- Marie Claire
'Amanda Lees swells the girl-about-town genre with Selling Out but this one is actually funny.' -- Harpers & Queen
'The description 'romantic comedy' applied to a novel can frequently make the heart sink, but Amanda Lees's debut is a more than pleasant surprise: sparklingly funny and painfully sharp throughout…Using and subverting the clichés of the sex-and-shopping genre to great effect, Lees builds a series of hugely amusing set-pieces...A light but gratifying addition to this summer's beach-bound reading list.' -- Ed Sutton, The Times
‘Amanda Lees has a charming turn of phrase that gets you giggling out loud.’ -- Best
‘A fine, frothy debut that will not disappoint.’ -- Books
‘Can Delilah emerge romantically intact? Well worth giving up a Saturday afternoon’s shopping to find out!’ -- 19 Magazine Book of the Month
‘ It’s great fun and easy to read…with that ‘Oh God, this is my life’ factor.’ -- B Magazine
‘A frothy and funny read…you can guarantee that Amanda Lees’s books, like her own life, will never be boring.’ -- Hello
‘A sweet story with the cute shop and its kooky customers setting it apart from other chick lit.’ -- Company
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