Amanda Bridgeman Amanda Bridgeman i(6093759 works by)
Born: Established: Geraldton, Geraldton area, Dongara - Geraldton - Northampton area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Born and raised in the seaside/country town of Geraldton, Western Australia, Amanda Bridgeman hails from fishing and farming stock. She moved to Perth (Western Australia) to pursue her dreams and study film & television/creative writing at Murdoch University (BA Communication Studies).

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y separately published work icon The Sensation London : Angry Robot , 2020 18711370 2020 single work novel science fiction thriller crime

'A series of brutal murders has the homicide division of San Francisco’s Hub 9 working overtime. But as the bodies mount, they begin to question whether the attacks are random or somehow connected.

'When one of their own falls victim, Detective Salvi Brentt and the Hub 9 homicide team join forces with the narcotics and cyber divisions to track down those responsible. They soon discover a volatile new drug-tech experience, involving black market neural implants, has hit the streets, causing the epidemic of violence and missing persons.

'With the clock ticking and the bodies piling up, Salvi must go deep undercover in the seedy Sensation club scene to found out who is behind it. But in the secretive playgrounds of the rich and powerful, some will stop at nothing to protect their empire. Searching for a faceless killer, Salvi digs herself in ever deeper to get closer to the truth. But the more secrets she uncovers, the more she begins to question whether she will make it out alive, or whether she will be buried within…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 winner Tin Duck Award, Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) Best WA Professional Long Written Work
y separately published work icon The Subjugate Nottingham : Angry Robot , 2018 15380675 2018 single work novel science fiction thriller

'In a small religious community rocked by a spree of shocking murders, Detectives Salvi Brentt and Mitch Grenville find themselves surrounded by suspects. The Children of Christ have a tight grip on their people, and the Solme Complex neurally edit violent criminals - Subjugates - into placid servants called Serenes. In a town where purity and sin, temptation and repression live side by side, everyone has a motive. But as the bodies mount up, the frustrated detectives begin to crack under the pressure: their demons are coming to light, and who knows where that blurred line between man and monster truly lies.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Novel
2019 winner Tin Duck Award, Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) Best WA Professional Long Written Work
y separately published work icon The Time of the Stripes Australia : Centralis Entertainment , 2017 12046711 2017 single work novel science fiction

'They survived the alien visitation. But can they survive each other?

'No-one had heard of Victoryville before. But when an alien spaceship appears, hovering over the town, the whole world suddenly knows its name.

'After twenty-four hours and a failed military assault, the ship disappears without a trace. When the outside world restores communication to the town, thousands are reported missing.

'Those who remain in Victoryville are irreparably changed. However, only some have been left with strange red marks upon their skin.

'Quarantined from the outside world and segregated within, alliances are made and relationships are shattered, as everyone fights for the truth - and for their own survival.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2018 shortlisted Tin Duck Award, Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) Best WA Professional Long Written Work
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