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Author
Profile
My name is Amanda Holohan
- that's me to the right. I'm
the author of
The Perry Brightfield Chronicles. I was born in Sydney,
Australia where I currently live with my husband, daughter and one slinky
Burmese cat.
I've been passionate about books since
I first
learnt to read, and wild about writing since I penned my first poem at age six
and realised that it was something I could actually do! Poetry,
comics, stories - I spent my childhood wrapped in my inner world, scribbling away whatever chance
I
got.
By the time I'd finished
university I'd decided that I didn't just want to write
about other people's adventures, I wanted to have some
of my own - that's when I put on my boots and went
roaming. I didn't really start writing
seriously again until I returned - although I did do a
lot of scribbling.
My education's pretty broad. I tend to collect skills like entomologists collect
bugs. I've got a BA from Macquarie University with a double major in mass communication and literature. I've studied creative writing at UTS,
photography and jewellery making in London, cocktail mixing, travel
consulting, office skills, belly dancing
and have just learnt how to create my first website.
I've worked
as a waitress, fashionista, bookseller, hair washer, travel consultant, freelance
writer, editorial coordinator and currently contribute regular book
reviews to The Sun-Herald.
My favourite things in the world are my
family, friends and of course, my writing.
Just a little news . I have now finished the
third book in The Perry Brightfield Chronicles, which
completes the trilogy and am thrilled to have been awarded a literary
grant from Australia Council for the Arts, so that I can spend the
coming year focusing on my next novel. I'm very excited about it,
but at this stage, giving nothing away. I just love a good secret!
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