Coming soon!
My new novel, The Three Graces, will be published in June 2023 by Little Brown
The Golden Rule
When Hannah is invited into the First-Class carriage of the London to Penzance train by Jinni, she walks into a spider's web. ‘The Golden Rule’ has been long-listed for the 2021 Women’s Prize.
About Amanda Craig
Amanda Craig is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. Born in South Africa in 1959, she grew up in Italy and read English at Clare College Cambridge. Her sixth novel, Hearts And Minds, was long-listed for the Bailey's Prize...
Amanda's Books
Recent News
News: Amanda’s speech to the Society of Authors regarding Free Speech
On 17th November 2022 Amanda gave a speech to the Society of Authors AGM regarding Free Speech. Read the full text and download the pdf.
News: Interview for The Good Web Guide
Read my interview for The Good Web Guide, in which I share some of my favourite things.
News: Podcast with Sophia Bennett for Prepublished
Amanda talks to Sophia Bennett about writing contemporary novels. Listen to the podcast.
Latest Journalism
Lost to addiction: Loved and Missed, by Susie Boyt, reviewed
Ruth struggles in vain to rescue her daughter from heroin, so tries to save her baby granddaughter instead — or is little Lily saving her?
The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling review: her best book since Azkaban
The Harry Potter author gives us her Christmas Carol, and it’s a triumph
Why this is a golden age for children’s literature: ‘Children’s books are one of the most important forms of writing we have’
First published inThe Independent on 24/06/2015. The first book I read to myself was Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – something I still recommend to learners – and the Cat’s wild anarchic humour has always struck me as...