Amanda grew up on a farm in country Victoria, Australia where her passion for writing & illustrating was sparked at a young age.
Amanda is now settled in Regional New South Wales with her husband and two children where they enjoy the same country lifestyle that she did growing up. Farm life taught Amanda how challenging life could be, but it also showed her the joy that animals and nature bring to people. She expresses this joy through her characters and the brightness in her books; Grandma’s Garden, Sprookie, Froogle and the Three Possum Bandits, Sprookie and Froogle’s Tree House Mystery and Beautiful Magic.
Amanda’s artistic flair runs in her family, her mother Lynette Diss her Co-illustrator in some of her books.