Amanda is an award-winning versatile writer who enjoys working across different genres and creative formats, be it novels, screenplays or short stories, and loves creating both original work and tie-in work for other IPs.
Born in the seaside/country town of Geraldton (Western Australia), she moved to Perth (Western Australia) to study Film & Television/Creative Writing at Murdoch University, earning her a BA in Communication Studies. Perth has been her home ever since, aside from a nineteen-month stint in London (England) where she dabbled in Film & TV 'Extra' work.
Original Novels and Short Stories:
Amanda is a two-time Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar finalist, and author of several novels. Her works include the best-selling military SF/space opera Aurora series (previously published by Momentum Books/Pan Macmillan Australia), alien contact drama The Time Of The Stripes, and sci-fi crime thriller Salvation series, consisting of The Subjugate and The Sensation (published by Angry Robot Books, UK).
The Subjugate is being developed for TV by Anonymous Content (True Detective, Mr Robot, The Alienist) and Aquarius Films (Lion, Berlin Syndrome, Dirt Music). Screenwriter Becca Johnstone is attached, and the project recently received development funding from Screen Australia.
The Subjugate is also currently being studied at two German universities (Düsseldorf and Cologne) as part of a program on Australian speculative fiction, in conjunction with the Centre for Australian Studies.
Tie-in Novels and Short Stories:
Amanda wrote the Scribe Award winning procedural thriller, Pandemic: Patient Zero, which was the first novel set in the award-winning Pandemic tabletop board game universe and released worldwide through Aconyte Books (UK).
Her latest novel, Sound of Light, set in the Marvel X-Men universe and featuring the mutant Dazzler, was released worldwide through Aconyte Books (UK) and has been embraced by Dazzler fans around the globe.
Her X-Men short story, Eye of the Storm, part of the Marvel: School of X anthology was released worldwide through Aconyte Books (UK).
Her short story Reconsecration set in the Warhammer 40K universe was released in the anthology Inferno! Presents: The Emperor's Finest through Black Library (UK).
Sessions in which Amanda Bridgeman participates
- Engaging Your Readers Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- A shiny cover image and a snappy pull quote for your book won't work unless you can encourage your readers to look. The panellists talk through mai...
- Panel
- From an image to an ending- writing workshop for all writers Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- They say a picture tells a thousand words, but the truth is, they can tell an infinite amount more if you let your imagination run wild. Whether ph...
- Workshop
- Book Launch: The Time of the Stripes, Amanda Bridgeman Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Amanda Bridgeman launches her latest novel, The Time of the Stripes, a standalone SF novel. Amanda will read an excerpt and chat about her w...
- Book Signings
- Book Covers: Art or Money? Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Can book covers be both effective marketing tools and art? How does an author navigate a cover art request form successfully? The panel will invest...
- Panel
- Fan Fund Auction Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Fan Funds represented at the convention auction memorabilia and trinkets to raise funds for the next great adventure. Come along, buy amazing a...
- Panel
Sessions in which Amanda Bridgeman attends
- Reliving Our Childhoods- The influence of the 70s and 80s on SF Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- From long-running SF franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek to the visual design of Blade Runner, the 70s and 80s have cast long shadows over cont...
- Panel
- Nuke's SF Trivia Quiz - “Klaatu barada nikto!” Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- Foz Meadows' Reading, and Q and A session Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Guest of Honour, Foz Meadows, will give a reading, and then be interviewed by PRK on their work and plans. An audience Q and A will follow, and a s...
- Keynote
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
- SF movies that engage the brain Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- One of the most notable elements of written science fiction is the focus on exploring ideas in depth and speculating about the effects of technolog...
- Panel
- Australian TV: Early days to Cleverman Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The style of storytelling in Australian TV has changed radically from the early days of Homicide to Cleverman. The panellists look at the changes, ...
- Panel
- Australian Landscapes as Characters Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- From the deserts to the suburbs*, Australian landscapes have been turned into important characters in their own right, particularly in YA sf and fa...
- Panel
- Authorial Voice and Writing the Other Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Writers spend a lot of time worrying about how to write marginalised voices without, well, marginalising the voices. How do writers who are Other w...
- Panel
- Paranormal Romance vs Urban Fantasy Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Not sure if you write fantasy with romantic elements, urban fantasy or paranormal romance? It’s more than just the species or style of magic. Delve...
- Panel
- Ryan J Griffen Guest of Honour event Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote
- Contemporary SF illustration and storyboarding Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The panelists explore the three way intersection of story, visual art and technology, possibly with illustrations. How can art be used to tell stor...
- Panel
- Swancon 2019 Launch Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
- Book Covers: Art or Money? Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Can book covers be both effective marketing tools and art? How does an author navigate a cover art request form successfully? The panel will invest...
- Panel
- Cross-fertilising, from genre to aesthetic Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Cross-fertilising genres gives awesome results like the SF spy novel and the supernatural romance. The panel discusses why these combinations are s...
- Panel
- WA Awards Ceremony (Tin Ducks) Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Western Australia’s own SF/F/etc. Awards since 1982, the Tin Ducks are awarded each year at Swancon. (The name is a play on another WA award, the S...
- Keynote
- National Awards Ceremony (Ditmars) Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Australia’s national SF awards since 1969, the Ditmars are awarded each year at the Natcon, which this year is Swancon.These fan-voted awards i...
- Keynote
- Apocalyptic outback Australia Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Some non-urban regions of Australia seem like the apocalypse has already arrived. (Ever driven through a small wheatbelt town on a Sunday afternoon...
- Panel