Amelia grew up in New Zealand and Warwickshire. She is currently based in East London where she works as a primary school teacher. Prior to teaching, Amelia studied Philosophy at Cambridge University, where she first encountered the thought problems concerning personal identity that ANYA AND THE LIGHT ABOVE THE OCEAN draws on. This is her debut novel and it was longlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2022. She was also a recipient of a London Writers Award in the same year.
A reflective mystery with a thrilling sci-fi twist -- Ash Bond From the opening page, I felt I had discovered a lost treasure, a story that had been waiting deep beneath the rolling waves just for me. Wonderfully written, with an unforgettable heroine, this is a special book -- Ross MacKenzie