Amanda Given spent a peripatetic childhood people watching in South West England and Northern Ireland before her family emigrated to Tasmania when she was a teenager.
She studied English, Speech and Drama at university, working as a teacher and social worker. Business management roles in large organsations led to posts in universities, property development and counselling organisations.
Early short stories were published in magazines and anthologies.
Making Old Bones is Amanda’s first novel, written in Suffolk where she lives by the sea and is an active member of the Felixstowe Art Group.
Making Old Bones
Gramwell Glade is Making Old Bones.A care home, purpose built around a Georgian folly castle façade in Essex, Gramwell Glade is making a fortune for business developer Akin Akindele who, armed with an MBA foresaw that high end care homes were going to return significant returns on his investment.It...
For the Time Being
This is a novel about the discovery of age. For the Time Being heralds changed ownership for upmarket care home Grantham Glade.After Making Old Bones, For the Time Being offers more insights and observations about the residents, their families and staff. In those busy corridors, flights of fancy, jo...
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