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Amanda Flower
Born	(1980-01-23) January 23, 1980 (age 44) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Isabella Alan
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Mystery fiction
Notable awards	Agatha Award (2015)
Website
www.amandaflower.com

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).

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
Premediated 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

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v t e Agatha Award winners
Best First Novel	Elizabeth George (1988) Jill Churchill (1989) Katherine Hall Page (1990) Mary Willis Walker (1991) Barbara Neely (1992) Nevada Barr (1993) Jeff Abbott (1994) Jeanne M. Dams (1995) Anne George (1996) Sujata Massey (1997) Robin Hathaway (1998) Donna Andrews (1999) Rosemary Stevens (2000) Sarah Strohmeyer (2001) Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002) Jacqueline Winspear (2003) Harley Jane Kozak (2004) Laura Durham (2005) Sandra Parshall (2006) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2007) G. M. Malliet (2008) Alan Bradley (2009) Avery Aames (2010) Sara J. Henry (2011) Susan M. Boyer (2012) Leslie Budewitz (2013) Terrie Farley Moran (2014) Art Taylor (2015) Cynthia Kuhn (2016) Kellye Garrett (2017) Dianne Freeman and Shari Randall (2018) (tie) Tara Laskowski (2019) Erica Neubauer (2020)
Best Contemporary Novel	Hank Phillippi Ryan (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Margaret Maron (2015) Louise Penny (2016) Louise Penny (2017) Ellen Byron (2018) Ann Cleeves (2019) Louise Penny (2020)
Best Novel	Carolyn G. Hart (1988) Elizabeth Peters (1989) Nancy Pickard (1990) Nancy Pickard (1991) Margaret Maron (1992) Carolyn Hart (1993) Sharyn McCrumb (1994) Sharyn McCrumb (1995) Margaret Maron (1996) Kate Ross (1997) Laura Lippman (1998) Earlene Fowler (1999) Margaret Maron (2000) Rhys Bowen (2001) Donna Andrews (2002) Carolyn Hart (2003) Jacqueline Winspear (2004) Katherine Hall Page (2005) Nancy Pickard (2006) Louise Penny (2007) Louise Penny (2008) Louise Penny (2009) Louise Penny (2010) Margaret Maron (2011) Louise Penny (2012)
Best Historical Novel	Rhys Bowen (2011) Catriona McPherson (2012) Caroline and Charles Todd (2013) Rhys Bowen (2014) Laurie R. King (2015) Catriona McPherson (2016) Rhys Bowen (2017) Sujata Massey (2018) Edith Maxwell (2019) Rhys Bowen (2020)
Best Non-Fiction	Barbara D'Amato (1993) Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994) Alzina Stone Dale (1995) Willeta L. Heisin (1996) Willeta L. Heisin (1997) Alzina Stone Dale (1998) Daniel Stashower (1999) Jim Huang (2000) Tony Hillerman (2001) Jim Huang (2002) Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2003) Jack French (2004) Melanie Rehak (2005) Chris Roerden (2006) Jon Lellenberg (2007) Kathy Lynn Emerson (2008) Elena Santangelo (2009) John Curran (2010) Leslie Budewitz (2011) John Connolly (2012) Daniel Stashower (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Martin Edwards (2015) Jane K. Cleland (2016) Mattias Bostrom (2017) Jane Cleland (2018) Mo Moulton (2019) Christina Lane (2020)
Best Short Story	Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) Joan Hess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992) M. D. Lake (1993) Dorothy Cannell (1994) Elizabeth Daniels (1995) Carolyn Wheat (1996) M. D. Lake (1997) Barbara D'Amato (1998) Nancy Pickard (1999) Jan Burke (2000) Katherine Hall Page (2001) Margaret Maron and Marcia Talley (2002) Elizabeth Foxwell (2003) Elaine Viets (2004) Marcia Talley (2005) Toni Kelner (2006) Donna Andrews (2007) Dana Cameron (2008) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2009) Mary Jane Maffini (2010) Dana Cameron (2011) Dana Cameron (2012) Art Taylor (2013) Art Taylor (2014) Barb Goffman (2015) Art Taylor (2016) Gigi Pandian (2017) Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie) Shawn Reilly Simmons (2019) Barb Goffman (2020)
Best Young Adult Mystery	Cindy Callaghan (2018)
Best Children/ Young Adult Fiction	Penny Warner (2001) Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002) Kathleen Karr (2003) Blue Balliett (2004) Peter Abrahams (2005) Nancy Means Wright (2006) Sarah Masters Buckey (2007) Chris Grabenstein (2008) Chris Grabenstein (2009) Sarah Smith (2010) Chris Grabenstein (2011) Penny Warner (2012) Chris Grabenstein (2013) Penny Warner (2014) Amanda Flower (2015) Penny Warner (2016) Cindy Callaghan (2017) Frances Schoonmaker (2019) Richard Narvaez (2020)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement	Phyllis A. Whitney (1990) Mignon G. Eberhart (1994) Mary Stewart (1996) Emma Lathen (1997) Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels (2003) Marian Babson (2004) H.R.F. Keating (2005) Robert Barnard (2006) Carolyn Hart (2007) Peter Lovesey (2008) Anne Perry (2009) Mary Higgins Clark (2010) Sue Grafton (2011) Simon Brett (2012) Aaron Elkins (2013) Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron (2014) Sara Paretsky (2015) Katherine Hall Page (2016) Charlaine Harris (2017) Nancy Pickard (2018)
Malice Domestic Poirot Award	David Suchet (2003) Ruth Cavin (2004) Angela Lansbury (2005) Douglas G. Greene (2006) Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008) Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009) William Link (2010) Janet Rudolph (2011) Lee Goldberg (2012) Tom Schantz (2014) Barbara G. Peters (2016) Martin Edwards (2017) Brenda Blethyn (2018)

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