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Amanda Saint

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The United Kingdom

Website

http://amandasaint.net

Twitter

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Genre

Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

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Amanda Saint's debut novel, As If I Were A River, was longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize, selected as a NetGalley Top 10 Book of the Month and as Top 20 Book of 2016 by the Book Magnet blog. Her short stories appear in anthologies and literary magazines and have won, or been long and shortlisted for, various prizes. When she's not writing fiction, Amanda works as a freelance journalist writing about environmental sustainability. She also runs her own creative writing business, Retreat West, through which she runs writing retreats, courses and competitions, and an independent press, retreat West Books.

Find out more on her websites:
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	As If I Were A River 3.69 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word For Freedom by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rose McGinty (Editor, Foreword), Angela Clarke (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember Tomorrow 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Is As It Was by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gillian Walker (Editor), Kimberly Christensen (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Was Left by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author), Jude Higgins, Judith Wilson 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resurrection Trust by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caroline Lucas (Foreword), Brian Burt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside These Tangles, Beauty Lies by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Newman, Tracy Fells 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colour of Life and Other Stories by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author), Hilary Taylor (Goodreads Author), Katherine Hetzel (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Impermanent Facts by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joanna Campbell (Goodreads Author), Lucie McKnight Hardy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Good Deed by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sophie Duffy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Clare Harvey (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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All Be Forgotten

Hello everyone,

It's a really exciting time for me as the launch of my debut novel, As If I Were A River, approaches.

But the work must go on at the same time so I've been busy writing my second novel, which has a working title of All Be Forgotten, and is due to come out in late 2017.

I'm almost halfway through the first draft at the moment and it tells the story of Evie, who is an environmental act Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 05, 2016 04:32 • Tags: amanda-saint, urbane-publications

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