Amanda Flower (born January 23, 1980, in Akron, Ohio) is an American writer of mystery novels under her real name and the pen name "Isabella Alan". She writes for adults and children. She won the Agatha Award for Children's/Young Adult Book in 2015 for Andi Unstoppable, and was nominated for an Agatha Award in 2010 (Maid of Murder), 2013 (Andi Unexpected), and 2014 (Andi Under Pressure). She has continued to write books through 2025, often spontaneously, and has won two more Agatha Awards.
Bibliography
As Amanda Flower
India Hayes series Maid of Murder, Five Star Publishing, 2010 Murder in a Basket, Five Star Publishing, 2012
Amish Candy Shop series
Assaulted Caramel, Kensington Publishing, 2017 Lethal Licorice, Kensington Publishing, 2018 Premeditated Peppermint, Kensington Publishing, 2018 Criminally Cocoa, Kensington Publishing, 2019 Toxic Toffee, Kensington Publishing, 2019
Amish Matchmaker series
Matchmaking Can Be Murder, Kensington Publishing, 2020
Appleseed Creek series A Plain Death, B&H Publishing, 2012 A Plain Scandal, B&H Publishing, 2013 A Plain Disappearance, B&H Publishing, 2013 A Plain Malice, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
Andi Boggs series Andi Unexpected, Zonderkidz, 2013 Andi Under Pressure, Zonderkidz, 2014 Andi Unstoppable, Zonderkidz, 2015
Living History Museum series
The Final Reveille, Midnight Ink, 2015 The Final Tap, Midnight Ink, 2016 The Final Vow, Midnight Ink, 2017
Magical Bookshop series
Crime and Poetry, Penguin Random House, 2016 Prose and Cons, Penguin Random House, 2016 Murders and Metaphors, Crooked Lane Books, 2019 Verse and Vengeance, Crooked Lane Books, 2019
Magic Garden series
Flowers and Foul Play, Crooked Lane Books, 2018 Death and Daisies, Crooked Lane Books, 2019
As Isabella Alan
Amish Quilt Shop series
Plainly Murder, New American Library, 2013, prequel novella Murder, Plain and Simple, New American Library, 2013 Murder, Simply Stitched, New American Library, 2014 Murder, Served Simply, New American Library, 2014 Murder, Plainly Read, New American Library, 2015 Murder, Handcrafted, New American Library, 2016
References
External links Amanda Flower's website Stop Your Killing Me - Amanda Flower Interview USA Today Happily Ever After Amanda Flower: Mild-Mannered Librarian Plots Murder -- Publishers Weekly USA Today Bestseller - Amanda Flower Amanda Flower | Cozy Mystery List Amanda Flower | Kensington books Amanda Flower | Penguin Random House