A. J. Ross-Etheridge has enjoyed reading and writing poetry from a young age. She has always been interested and observant of life and the world around her. She wanted to help other people and works for the NHS. Her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago and has been the inspiration for Amanda to put her first collection of poetry together. Amanda is now working on her second collection of poetry. She lives in a village in South West England with her wife and two cats.