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About the author
Amanda Bridgeman
<p>Amanda is a Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist and author of several science fiction novels. Her works include the best-selling military SF/space opera <strong>AURORA</strong> series (previously published by <em>Momentum Books/Pan Macmillan Australia</em>), alien contact drama <strong>THE TIME OF THE STRIPES</strong>, and sci-fi mystery <strong>SALVATION</strong> series, consisting of <strong>THE SUBJUGATE</strong> and <strong>THE SENSATION</strong> (published by <em>Angry Robot Books</em>, UK).</p>
<p><strong>THE SUBJUGATE</strong> has been optioned for TV by <strong>Aquarius Films</strong> (<em>Lion, Berlin Syndrome, Dirt Music</em>) and <strong>Anonymous Content</strong> (<em>True Detective, Mr Robot, The Alienist, Counterpart</em>).</p>
<p><strong>THE SUBJUGATE</strong> is also currently being studied at two German universities (Düsseldorf and Cologne) as part of a program on Australian speculative fiction, in conjunction with the Centre for Australian Studies.</p>
<p>Born in the seaside/country town of Geraldton, Western Australia, she moved to Perth (Western Australia) to study film & television/creative writing at Murdoch University, earning her a BA in Communication Studies. Perth has been her home ever since, aside from a nineteen-month stint in London (England) where she dabbled in Film & TV ‘Extra’ work.</p>
<p>Amanda is a versatile writer who enjoys working across different genres and creative formats, be it novels, screenplays, short stories, etc, and creating both original and tie-in work.</p>
<p>She was a finalist in the Universal AU/Screenwest Pitch competition (2019) and a finalist in the AACTA Regional Landscapes in Partnership with Screenworks Pitch (2020) for her feature film <strong>THE ARTISAN</strong> (comedy/drama).</p>
<p>Her new novel <strong>PANDEMIC: PATIENT ZERO</strong> will be the first novel set in the award-winning Pandemic tabletop board game universe, and will be released worldwide in 2021 through <em>Aconyte Books</em> (UK).</p>
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