Amanda Geard is passionate about capturing the wilds of County Kerry in her writing and was inspired to pen her first novel, The Midnight House (Headline Review), after a trip to Listowel Writers’ Week in 2019. Her second novel, The Moon Gate (Headline Review) is set in three places dear to her: Tasmania, London and County Kerry. She has written for The Irish Times, The Journal, The Gloss and writing.ie.

In 2022, she was the recipient of an Arts Council Agility Award and a Kerry County Council Arts bursary, as well as being selected for the 2022/23 Evolution Programme with the Irish Writers Centre. She was awarded a teaching internship at the University of Galway BA (Creative Writing), and loves encouraging others to discover and reach their potential.