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My ninth novel, 'The Golden Rule', inspired by 'Strangers on a Train', was published on July 2020 and has already been picked by all the nationals as a Book of 2020.
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.
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...
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Recent News
News: Interview for the ‘Always Take Notes’ podcast
Amanda was recently interviewed for the ‘Always Take Notes’ podcast. Listen to the podcast in full on their website.
News: Amanda at the Lockdown Litfest
Paul Blezard interviews Amanda at the Lockdown Litfest. Listen to the interview in full.
News: Interview in Mslexia
The current edition of Mslexia magazine included an interview with me by journalist and author Katy Guest about my career to date, and the perils of a bad review. Amanda Mslexia Interview (pdf)
Latest Journalism
Cleaners are heroes – I should know, because I was one
I respect and understand what it is that cleaners do. I know mine is honest, reliable and too bright for this work. The people who go into battle against dirt, germs and chaos are essential, and heroic. If they’re not...
Money in Fiction
“There is no money, and the Bredins can’t afford to divorce.” The first four words opening my new novel, The Lie of the Land, come from a famous note left by a Minister in the last Labour government to the...
Norse Myth by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Jeffrey Alan
Until quite recently, the myths that a Western child would encounter for education or entertainment tended to be those of either Classical antiquity or the Bible. Perhaps it is this that gave Norse myth, with its tales of ice, ravens,...