Amanda Jennings has written six novels, and numerous short stories for anthologies and magazines, and is published both in the UK and abroad. She is a contributor to BBC Radio Berkshire and a long-standing judge for the Henley Youth Festival literary competition, has taught writing workshops, and enjoys appearing at literary festivals. Before becoming an author, Amanda worked at the BBC as a researcher, and studied History of Art at Cambridge University. She lives in a cottage in the middle of the woods in Oxfordshire with her family and a varied assortment of animals.

Praise for The Haven: ‘Another mesmerising, gripping and evocative read from the Queen of Cornish Noir’ Lisa Jewell‘A dark delight … I absolutely loved it’ Eve Chase‘A masterly unravelling of a utopian dream that gradually becomes a nightmare. Lyrical descriptions and utterly believable characters’ Elly Griffiths‘Engrossing, tense, psychologically astute. A gripping, emotionally taut exploration of idealism turned sour’ Tammy Cohen‘Hypnotic’ Financial Times‘A deliciously dark and tense exploration of human nature. There’s trouble brewing in paradise’ Emma Haughton‘A beautifully written story with vividly drawn, believable characters I really cared about’ Sarah Stovell‘Captivating and totally absorbing – this is the kind of pure escapism we need’ Susi Holliday‘A compelling, brilliant story of the dark things we all bring to our visions of utopia’ Gytha Lodge

Amanda Jennings has written six novels, and numerous short stories for anthologies and magazines, and is published both in the UK and abroad. She is a contributor to BBC Radio Berkshire and a long-standing judge for the Henley Youth Festival literary competition, has taught writing workshops, and enjoys appearing at literary festivals. Before becoming an author, Amanda worked at the BBC as a researcher, and studied History of Art at Cambridge University. She lives in a cottage in the middle of the woods in Oxfordshire with her family and a varied assortment of animals.

Praise for The Haven: ‘Another mesmerising, gripping and evocative read from the Queen of Cornish Noir’ Lisa Jewell‘A dark delight … I absolutely loved it’ Eve Chase‘A masterly unravelling of a utopian dream that gradually becomes a nightmare. Lyrical descriptions and utterly believable characters’ Elly Griffiths‘Engrossing, tense, psychologically astute. A gripping, emotionally taut exploration of idealism turned sour’ Tammy Cohen‘Hypnotic’ Financial Times‘A deliciously dark and tense exploration of human nature. There’s trouble brewing in paradise’ Emma Haughton‘A beautifully written story with vividly drawn, believable characters I really cared about’ Sarah Stovell‘Captivating and totally absorbing – this is the kind of pure escapism we need’ Susi Holliday‘A compelling, brilliant story of the dark things we all bring to our visions of utopia’ Gytha Lodge