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Amanda Roberts

Author Details

Role in OXIA: Secretary

About the Author

Author, bookworm and history lover, Amanda grew up in Derbyshire but has lived in Oxfordshire since 1997.
Her first novel, The Roots of the Tree, was published in 2014. Based on a true family story, that one was close to her heart, but her real love is historical fiction.
She published her second novel in September 2023. The Woman in the Painting is a time-slip, set in 1645 and 2019 in the Oxfordshire village where she lives. It won a silver medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club’s 2023 Historical Fiction Book of the Year Awards in the Time Slip/Dual Narrative/Time Travel category.
Her latest novel, Lady of the Quay, is the first of a series, set in Berwick upon Tweed in 1560. It won a bronze medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club’s 2025 Historical Fiction Book of the Year Awards in The Tudors & The Stuarts category.

Books

Lady of the Quay Historical

By Amanda Roberts | Buy online999

OXIA Bookstore price – 900

Isabella is the only child of a wealthy merchant. After he dies, her life takes an unexpected turn as she makes a series of startling discoveries that leave her facing financial ruin and suspected of crimes that would threaten her freedom and her lif...Show more

The Roots of the Tree Historical

By Amanda Roberts | Buy online599

OXIA Bookstore price – 500

Based on true events, this is the story of a woman, in her early 60s, who is forced to reassess everything she has believed to be true in her life when she makes a staggering discovery. Show more

The Woman in the Painting Historical

By Amanda Roberts | Buy online899

OXIA Bookstore price – 800

When Hannah picks up a ring that had lain buried in her garden for centuries and it gives her a physical shock, she embarks on a quest to discover who had once owned it, and how they lost it. Show more