Amanda Ashby was born in Australia but now lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She also writes in other genres and writes psychological thrillers with her friend, Sally Rigby (the first two were written under the joint pseudonym 'Amanda Rigby'). She is the creator of the 'Widows' Detective Club' series featuring librarian and amateur sleuth Ginny Cole and her friends in Little Shaw, Lancashire, England. Visit also this site.