Spice Briefs Interview Sep 2008 here.

My Author page at Fresh Fiction here.

BlogTalk Radio Interview /Canned Laughter with Renee Bernard here

Hailing from the Midwest, Amanda McIntyre, aka Pamela Johnson, is multi-genre author of several novels, anthologies, novellas, and short stories as well as non-fiction. Since her first published novel in 2001, she is recipient of several Highly Recommended Reads, nominations, and was a featured book at Midwest Book Reviews and its syndicated show Booktalk, for UNFINISHED DREAMS. Twice finalist for a CAPA award she won for Best Mainstream for TIDES OF AUTUMN. She is a two-time EPPIE finalist, DRRWA Golden Quill finalist, Bridges Magazine Golden Chalice--first place winner, Independent Publishers finalist, an RIO (Reviewers International Org.) award nominee and received special recognition in Romantic Times magazine of her founding and co-editing of the seventy-eight author anthology, "CRUMBS IN THE KEYBOARD," with its proceeds benefiting the education and awareness of domestic violence.

Reviewers describe her work as "superbly sensual, powerful, emotional, and character-driven." Living her fantasy of storytelling, October 2008 will see the release of her single-title erotic historical, DIARY OF COZETTE, from Harlequin Spice followed by her second Spice novel, TORTURED in 2009.

FAV MOVIE QUOTE: PARENTHOOD (Universal 1989)

Grandma: "You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster. "
Gil: "Oh? "
Grandma: "Up, down, up, down. Oh, what a ride!"
Gil: "What a great story. "
Grandma: "I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it."

AWARDS:
• 2006 LR Golden Rose-Best Romantic Couple-Risky Business
• 2005 Love Romances-May Rising Star
• 2005 Recommended Read-Love Romances
• 2004 L-Edit Slip Double Winner -Best Proposal
*Lady of the Sea *Another Day in Paradise
• 2004 Recommended Read-Wild & Unruly
• 2004 RIO Award of Excellence Nominee-Tides of Autumn
• 2003 Road to Romance Reviewers Choice-Tides of Autumn
• 2003 CAPA Award-TRS-Best Mainstream-Tides of Autumn
• 2003 Eppie Finalist-Historical-White Eagle's Lady
• 2003 Top Ten Best Seller-Echelon Press
• 2004 ECataromance Smooch Award-Wild & Unruly
• 2002 Eppie Finalist-Contemporary-Unfinished Dreams
• 2002 Top ten P& E/Favorite Book/Best poem/Best Poet-Tenderness of Steele/His Eyes
• 2002 Independent Ebook Nominee
• 2002 Bridges Magazine 1st Place winner Golden Chalice-Unfinished Dreams
• 2002 Crystal Globe award-Best new Romance Writer-Unfinished Dreams
• 2002 DRRWA Golden Quill Finalist-Unfinished Dreams
• 2002 Dollar Download Bestseller-Echelon Press
• 2002 Featured book (Unfinished Dreams) on the Midwest Book Reviews television program-Booktalk-Unfinished Dreams
• 2001 Top Ten Finalist Preditors and Editors-Unfinished Dreams

• Laughter
• Black Bic Classic pens
• my lime green converse Allstars
• ledger pads
• my children's smiles
• historical places (better if haunted,)
• sunsets
• researching for my books
• sunrise on Lake Superior
• did I mention laughter?
• a good cuppa joe
• the change of seasons
• all types of music
• movies
• live theatre
• family and friends
• road trips
• art
• my hammock
• mystical legends and lore
• the ocean
• Great Lakes Shipwrecks
• lighthouses
• fireplaces
• good wine