Amanda Bridgeman

Summary

Amanda is an award-winning writer of both original and tie-in fiction. She is a two-time Scribe Award winner, a two-time Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist, and author of several novels and short stories. Her original novel, The Subjugate, is being developed for TV by Aquarius Films (AUS) and Anonymous Content (US). Her Media Tie-In fiction includes that written for Marvel (X-Men), Warhammer 40K, and Pandemic. She was shortlisted for the 2020 WA Writer's Fellowship.

Biography

Born in Geraldton, Amanda moved to Perth to study Film & Television/Creative Writing at Murdoch University, earning a BA in Communication Studies. Perth has been her home since, aside from a nineteen-month stint in London where she dabbled in Film & TV ‘Extra’ work.

Novels/Novellas:
- Salvation series (SF Crime Thriller), being developed for TV, published by Angry Robot Books (UK)
- Paragon of Faith, available in the Warhammer 40K anthology Paragon of Faith And Other Stories, published by Black
Library (UK)
- Pandemic: Patient Zero (Procedural Thriller) – 2022 Scribe Award winner, published by Aconyte Books (UK)
- Sound of Light (SF/F)– set in the Marvel X-Men universe, published by Aconyte Books (UK)
- The Aurora series (Military Space Opera), self-published
- The Time of the Stripes (Grounded SF), self-published
- The Spud Compton trilogy (Military Space Opera), self-published

Short Stories:
- Resistance, available in the SNAFU: Comms anthology, published by Cohesion Press (AUS), 2024.
- Rogue T.R.A.I.N, available in the SNAFU: Punk'd Anthology, published by Cohesion Press (AUS), 2023.
- Reconsecration, available in the Inferno! Presents: The Emperor's Finest (Warhammer 40K) anthology – 2023 Scribe
Award winner, published by Black Library (UK), 2022.
- Eye Of The Storm, available in the Marvel: School of X (X-Men) Anthology, published by Aconyte Books (UK), 2021.
- The Great Preservation (short story), published on Short Édition’s Short Story Dispenser (EU/US), 2020.

Relevant qualifications

BA Communication Studies, Murdoch University (Film/TV and Creative Writing)
Graduate - Frist Break WA (TV Writers Room course for Notetaking and Script Coordination)
Graduate - Screenwest Tele-Navigator program

Recent experience

CapriCon Rockhampton QLD (2025)
Supanova Perth (2025)
Oz Comic Con Perth (2024) - Guest Author
TV Writer Room Experience (2023)
Various Library Talks/Presentations (2023): Perth, Maylands, Whitfords
Various Writing Group Talks/Presentations (2023): Fellowship of Australian Writers WA, Rockingham Writers Centre
Supanova Perth (2023) - Guest Author
Swancon (2023) - Guest of Honour
Oz Comic Con Perth (2023) - Guest Author
Revelation Perth International Film Festival (2022) - Panel chair
Supanova Gold Coast, Sydney and Perth (2022) - Guest author
Supanova Gold Coast, Melbourne and Brisbane (2021) - Guest author
Supanova Sydney and Perth (2019) - Guest author
Supanova Brisbane and Adelaide (2018) - Guest author
Swancon and Worldcon - Regular panelist and moderator