Amanda Humphries has lived in rural Shropshire all her life. Married, with two grown-up children and three grandchildren, she worked for many years in a primary school as a H.L.T.A, teaching reception. It was her love of reading stories to her class that has inspired her to write her own books. Amanda enjoys visiting local primary schools, sharing her debut novel 'Joe and the Kite.' She is in the final stages of writing the sequel.