Amanda Flower (born January 23, 1980 in Akron, Ohio) is a ''
USA Today
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'' bestselling American writer of mystery novels under her real name and the
pen name
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, "Isabella Alan". She writes for adults and children. She won the Agatha Award for Children's/Young Adult book in 2015 for Andi Unstoppable, and was nominated for an Agatha Award in 2010 (Maid of Murder), 2013 (Andi Unexpected), and 2014 (Andi Under Pressure).
Bibliography
As Amanda Flower
India Hayes series
#''Maid of Murder'',
Five Star Publishing
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* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
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* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awar ...
, 2010
#''Murder in a Basket'',
Five Star Publishing
5 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
5, five or number 5 may also refer to:
* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
Literature
* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awar ...
, 2012
Amish Candy Shop series
# ''Assaulted Caramel,''
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2017
# ''Lethal Licorice'',
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2018
# ''Premediated Peppermint'',
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2018
# ''Criminally Cocoa'',
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2019
# ''Toxic Toffee'',
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2019
Amish Matchmaker series
# ''Matchmaking Can Be Murder'',
Kensington Publishing
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender ...
, 2020
Appleseed Creek series
#''A Plain Death'',
B&H Publishing, 2012
#''A Plain Scandal'',
B&H Publishing, 2013
#''A Plain Disappearance'',
B&H Publishing, 2013
#''A Plain Malice'',
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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CreateSpace publishes books conta ...
, 2014
Andi Boggs series
#''Andi Unexpected'',
Zonderkidz
Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). They are a part of HarperCollins Christian Publ ...
, 2013
#''Andi Under Pressure'',
Zonderkidz
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, 2014
#''Andi Unstoppable'',
Zonderkidz
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, 2015
Living History Museum series
# ''The Final Reveille,''
Midnight Ink
Llewellyn Worldwide (formerly Llewellyn Publications) is a New Age publisher based in Woodbury, Minnesota. Llewellyn's mission is to "serve the trade and consumers worldwide with options and tools for exploring new worlds of mind & spirit, thereb ...
, 2015
# ''The Final Tap,''
Midnight Ink
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, 2016
# ''The Final Vow'',
Midnight Ink
Llewellyn Worldwide (formerly Llewellyn Publications) is a New Age publisher based in Woodbury, Minnesota. Llewellyn's mission is to "serve the trade and consumers worldwide with options and tools for exploring new worlds of mind & spirit, thereb ...
, 2017
Magical Bookshop series
# ''Crime and Poetry'',
Penguin Random House
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, 2016
# ''Prose and Cons'',
Penguin Random House
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, 2016
# ''Murders and Metaphors'', Crooked Lane Books, 2019
# ''Verse and Vengeance,'' Crooked Lane Books, 2019
Magic Garden series
# ''Flowers and Foul Play,'' Crooked Lane Books, 2018
# ''Death and Daisies,'' Crooked Lane Books, 2019
As Isabella Alan
Amish Quilt Shop series
''Plainly Murder'',
New American Library
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, 2013, prequel novella
#''Murder, Plain and Simple'',
New American Library
The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...
, 2013
#''Murder, Simply Stitched'',
New American Library
The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...
, 2014
#''Murder, Served Simply'',
New American Library
The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...
, 2014
#''Murder, Plainly Read'',
New American Library
The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...
, 2015
#''Murder, Handcrafted,''
New American Library
The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...
, 2016
References
External links
Amanda Flower’s websiteInterview USA Today Happily Ever After
* ttps://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/assaulted-caramel/2444877/isbn/9781496706409/ USA Today Bestseller- Amanda Flower*https://www.cozy-mystery.com/amanda-flower.html
*https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/author.aspx/31849
*https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/308147/amanda-flower/
American women novelists
Living people
Novelists from Ohio
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
1980 births
Agatha Award winners
Writers from Akron, Ohio
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