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Amanda Tams

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Disabled by a polio vaccine many years ago, and possibly considered a drain on the NHS by some, sold by my father and kidnapped by a foster parent, I feel I have an insight into life's little foibles. I am uneducated in the formal sense, so my main aptitude is an imagination and a good sense of humour.
I started my writing with poems and found some success, managing to get published in the Staffordshire Life magazine as well as other publications. One of my poems, listed alongside; Coleridge, Lord Tennyson, Shakespeare, DeFord and Taylor Swift is used in a Russian university to teach how to determine rhyme.
I write for two ex-pat newspapers in Spain and wrote for an ex-pat magazine for two years. I am now on my fourth book, part autobiograp
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Amanda Tams Amanda Tams said: " I have only just started reading this and how true it rings right from the beginning. I love the observations made which are bang on . I was not sure reading the introduction if it was going to be a religious book, as I say, I have only just started ...more "

 

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" Rory, I would like to thank you for a smashing review and for taking the time to do it. This makes the years of work worthwhilr. Thanks again. "
Rise of the Ripper by Amanda Tams
"A Dark, Romantic, and Haunting Reimagining of a Legendary Killer Rise of the Ripper is a haunting and imaginative reimagining of one of history’s most infamous figures. Rather than focusing on graphic violence, this novel explores the psychology, emo" Read more of this review »
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" Thank you, Peter for taking the time to review my work even though it is not your usual genre. I appreciate your words, you made it feel as though the ...more "
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Rise of the Ripper by Amanda Tams
"‘Rise of the Ripper’ is an imaginative and entertaining novel based on a historical series of events that have inspired plenty more media, from music to games, and at least one museum. The Jack the Ripper murders are infamous, and the mysterious ‘Jac" Read more of this review »
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" Hi there, Yasmin. Thank you for taking the time to review my work. I am assuming you are Amercian or non English, and although we are brothers and sis ...more "
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" Thank you for aking the time to review and write about my work, Shannon. Hope you weren't dissapointed it took a number of years to research and get d ...more "
" Hi, could you help me please When I began writing I published and then changed covers and updated my work a few times. This is now causing confusion b ...more "
Rise of the Ripper by Amanda Tams
"This is an interesting historical fiction and retelling of the origins of Jack the Ripper. The title and cover do plenty to draw you in all by themselves, but the story does a good job of keeping that attention. There is a good mixture of horror, phy" Read more of this review »
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"Rise of the Ripper is a fresh take on the Jack the Ripper story. Instead of retelling the murders we already know, the book focuses on how a man might become capable of such violent crimes…and how that darkness could pass through a family line. The s" Read more of this review »
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“I was born in Sheffield where part of my heart still lies, of course not literally, that would be silly, but I was raised in the Midlands. In Yorkshire, we call a spade a spade and if you don't like it, duck but it's different in the Midlands, we don't use conjunctions and everybody's pronoun is Duck. I am uneducated in the formal sense of the word due to a long-term illness, and the fact that society wasn't overly concerned with educating girls back then. I have learned through life and desire how to play with things, including grammar.”
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