Amanda Mitchison is an experienced journalist who has worked for a number of publications including the New Statesman, the Independent Magazine, and the Sunday Telegraph Magazine. Her children’s biography of David Livingstone was short-listed for the 2003 Blue Peter Award. Mission Telemark is Amanda's first novel. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two sons.
May look like a typical paperback at first glance, but it is in fact an adventure story filled with documents based upon historical items. Bristol Evening Post This is a gripping, well-paced adventure for older readers and a useful reminder of what the real-life heroes suffered The Daily Mail Altogether superior...boys in particular will love the carefully researched detail...as well as being well written, it is exquisitely produced book, filled with illustrations and fold-out inserts on everything from gutting a rabbit to how to survive a Gestapo interrogation The Sunday Telegraph An exciting and much more wholesome period version of Robert Muchamore's Cherubs series, and the debut of a talented new children's author. The Times The plot is fast, the characters engaging and Richard Colleridge's illustrations and inserts are a brilliant addition...a gripping thriller. The Scotsman
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