Amanda Ashby was ten when she read her first Trixie Belden book, and she’s been a mystery lover ever since.

She’s written over 30 books in a variety of genres including romance, young adult and middle grade, before turning to a life of her crime with her new series, The Widows’ Detective Club.

After getting a degree in English and Journalism from the University of Queensland, she has spent most of her adult life bouncing between England and New Zealand before finally making up her mind and settling in the glorious Wellington.

Her debut book was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award, and her first young adult book was listed by the New York Public Libraryʼs Stuff for the Teen Age.