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Amanda Addison

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.amandaaddison.com/

Twitter

@AmandaAuthorArt

Genre

Contemporary, Young Adult, Children's

Member Since

June 2011

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Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children.
Looking for Lucie was listed for:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2024 (MAL PEET CHILDREN’S AWARD)
Her writing has been translated into German, Greek, Italian and Ukrainian. Her picture book, Boundless Sky, was nominated for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal, and her YA novel, Looking for Lucie, was listed for the Searchlight Writing Novel Opening Award. A graduate of Chelsea school of Art, her writing and artwork are inspired by travel, textiles, and the natural world. Amanda holds an MA in Writing the Visual and lectures in Art & Design and has also led workshops in Creative Writing at the National Centr ...more

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Amanda Addison’s books

Average rating: 3.36 · 391 ratings · 124 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Laura's Handmade Life 3.07 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boundless Sky by Amanda Addison (Goodreads Author), Manuela Adreani (Illustrations) 3.85 avg rating — 66 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Lucie 4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Amsterdam Affair really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost for Words 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Market, to Market 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Amanda liked Maria Kleinwald's review of Looking for Lucie: "This poignant, heartwarming novel takes the classic coming of age question of 'who am I?' and adds a whole new dimension to it: where am I really from? Lucie is an 18 year old living in Norfolk and forever being asked where she is from. It is an envir" Read more of this review »
Apr 25, 2024 02:36AM · see review
Amanda and 2 other people liked Sharon Rimmelzwaan's review of Looking for Lucie: "It is a heartwarming story of an eighteen year old girl attempting to find out who she really is. Lucie is different from her family. They are white while she isn't. Her mum has never spoken of her biological father, which leaves Lucie searching for " Read more of this review »
Apr 25, 2024 02:36AM · see review
Amanda and 4 other people liked Judith Staid's review of Looking for Lucie: "First off, huge thanks to @The_WriteReads, Neem Tree Press and the author herself Amanda Addison for sending me a physical copy of this wonderful book, from many miles away, for me to read and review. "Looking for Lucie" is a YA fiction novel about a " Read more of this review »
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Amanda and 7 other people liked Booklover69's review of Looking for Lucie: "A big thank you to Neem Tree Press and TheWriteReads for being kind enough to have little old me on the tour for this wonderful book. Lucie is the only member of her family with brown skin. For years she has wondered about where she comes from and wh" Read more of this review »
Apr 24, 2024 02:06AM · see review
Amanda rated a book it was amazing Boundless Sky by Amanda Addison (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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