Amanda is the bestselling author of six psychological thrillers as Amanda Reynolds and now also writes speculative thrillers as Amanda West.

Her debut novel, Close To Me, published in 2017 by Headline was adapted in 2021 by NENT Studios UK as a major six-part TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston which aired worldwide (Channel 4 in the UK and Sundance AMC in the US).

​She lives in the UK with her husband and their dog.

She is also an author coach with The Novelry.