Ruth Amanda
Ruth Amanda is a book-a-holic. She once joined a twelve-step program which involved reading only twelve books (one a month)...she failed miserably and so far 2024 also looks like a marathon of reading...
In addition to reading, Ruth loves to draw, paint, write stories, hike and swim. She also loves to hunt for and photograph snails, slugs, ants, millipedes, monkeys, seagulls, puffins and any other unfortunate wildlife who happen to be discovered by the paparazzi. She is currently turning several of those creatures into characters for future works…coming soon!
Her first book, Geckos in the Garden (2023, Friesen Press) is the recipient of a 2023 Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Award, won Best Illustration in Children's Fiction and Children's Picture Book awards at the 2023 Global eBook awards, took 2nd Place in the Animals/Pet category at the 2023 Purple Dragonfly Awards with three additional Honourable Mentions at those awards, and was a finalist in the 2024 Book Excellence Awards. It was the FIRST PLACE winner in the 2023 Chanticleer Little Peeps Picture Books category!
There's a Seagull on my Sailboat and There's a Buzzard on the Balcony also received three honourable mentions each at the 2023 Royal Dragonfly Awards. Let's see where Ess-car-go! gets to!
Ruth lives in Barbados with her husband, David, who she met while she was living in the Arctic and he was living in Vancouver. They are the unofficial parents of Oscar the cat who showed up one day and insists on owning a certain place on the couch and being fed the finest of cat foods.
Ruth has also named every bird at the birdfeeder—and, of course, several geckos! Her favourite gecko is Stumpy, who likes to live dangerously and is often seen regrowing his tail. (There may be more than one Stumpy, it’s rather hard to tell the geckos apart when they are vanishing at high speed!)
In addition to reading, Ruth loves to draw, paint, write stories, hike and swim. She also loves to hunt for and photograph snails, slugs, ants, millipedes, monkeys, seagulls, puffins and any other unfortunate wildlife who happen to be discovered by the paparazzi. She is currently turning several of those creatures into characters for future works…coming soon!
Her first book, Geckos in the Garden (2023, Friesen Press) is the recipient of a 2023 Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Award, won Best Illustration in Children's Fiction and Children's Picture Book awards at the 2023 Global eBook awards, took 2nd Place in the Animals/Pet category at the 2023 Purple Dragonfly Awards with three additional Honourable Mentions at those awards, and was a finalist in the 2024 Book Excellence Awards. It was the FIRST PLACE winner in the 2023 Chanticleer Little Peeps Picture Books category!
There's a Seagull on my Sailboat and There's a Buzzard on the Balcony also received three honourable mentions each at the 2023 Royal Dragonfly Awards. Let's see where Ess-car-go! gets to!
Ruth lives in Barbados with her husband, David, who she met while she was living in the Arctic and he was living in Vancouver. They are the unofficial parents of Oscar the cat who showed up one day and insists on owning a certain place on the couch and being fed the finest of cat foods.
Ruth has also named every bird at the birdfeeder—and, of course, several geckos! Her favourite gecko is Stumpy, who likes to live dangerously and is often seen regrowing his tail. (There may be more than one Stumpy, it’s rather hard to tell the geckos apart when they are vanishing at high speed!)
