Amanda Roberts went to school in north Derbyshire, did a BA Honours degree in English Literature in London and, after travelling around Europe for three months with just a tent and a return bus ticket from London to Paris, returned to England and started work as a staff writer for a publishing company specialising in business-to-business magazines. After nearly 25 years writing about coffee, espresso machines, vending machines, foodservice packaging and anything and everything to do with the vending and out-of-home coffee markets, she decided it was time to write her first novel, The Roots of the Tree, based on a true story. Her second novel, The Woman in the Painting, was published in August 2023. Amanda freelances within the publishing industry, editing several healthcare magazines: HEFMA Pulse, Hospital Food + Service and Hospital Caterer.