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TV’S AMANDA LAMB
AMANDA LAMB
Amanda Lamb – a veteran local television crime reporter, with three decades of experience – has published her first fiction books in what is expected to be trilogy by 2022.
The author of nine nonfiction books and two children’s books, Lamb’s debut fiction book, Dead Last, was published in May 2020 – followed by Lies That Bind. The third book in what’s known as the Maddie Arnette mystery series, No Wake Zone, arrives next summer.
Lamb works for award-winning NBC affiliate WRAL in the 919 – and appears on a regular basis on national news magazine programs and networks which feature crime stories. She has recently taken on a new role as the host and
VETERAN producer of a true-crime podcast called Follow the Truth, which features in-depth investigation TV CRIME into high-profile cases. REPORTER IS ALSO While Amanda has written and published nine nonfiction books, Dead Last was her fiction debut in May of 2020. Lies That Bind is the sec-
VERY ond novel in the Maddie Arnette mystery series, PROLIFIC WRITER which continues a crime reporter’s journey to find truth and justice not only in the cases she covers, but in her complicated personal back story. No Wake Zone will be the third in the Maddie Arnette series, coming Summer 2022. Her books are born out of her many years of experience covering the crime beat. Lamb is also the author of three true crime books based
Amanda Lamb’s debut fiction book, "Dead Last."
on murder cases she covered for WRAL including: Deadly Dose, Evil Next Door, and Love Lies.
And she has published four memoirs, one about caregiving and three about parenting, including: The Living Room, I Love You to God and Back, Girls Gone Child, and Smotherhood. Amanda has also penned two children’s books, including a story book version of I Love You to God and Back and We Are Not the Same.
In 2019, Amanda started Stage Might Communications, a consulting company designed to coach people who are making presentations from the boardroom to the ballroom. She also writes a weekly blog on WRAL’s website called “Go Ask Mom.”
A married mother of two daughters, Amanda is originally from the Philadelphia area and holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a graduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
"Lies That Bind" is the second novel in the Maddie Arnette mystery series.
Information on Amanda Lamb and her books is courtesy of Light Messages Publishing-Tandem Books. To learn more about Amanda and her work, visit alambauthor.com. She recently took on a new role as the host and producer of a true-crime podcast called Follow the Truth, which features in-depth investigation into high-profile cases. Readers can find her on Facebook under @wralAmandaLamb or under @stagemight; on Twitter @alamb, and Instagram @wral_amanda_lamb.