Amanda West is the pen name of Amanda Reynolds, whose debut novel, Close to Me, was published in 2017 by Headline and was adapted in 2021 by NENT Studios UK as a major TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston, which aired worldwide (Channel 4 in the UK and Sundance AMC in the US).

Since then, she has published five more psychological thrillers as Amanda Reynolds, two more with Headline and three with Boldwood Books. Her Husband's Lie, published most recently in 2024, spent two months in the Kindle Top 100 and has hundreds of five-star reviews. Her books are translated into multiple languages with bestsellers in Finland, Brazil, and Poland.

Amanda Reynolds lives in Cheltenham with her husband and their golden retriever. She is an author coach with the Novelry. The Memory Foundation is her first speculative thriller.