About Beth.
Beth Amos has worked in South Africa and Australia as a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and communications professional.
In 2015 she was awarded a scholarship to the Fiona McIntosh Commercial Fiction Masterclass and the following year an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writers' and Illustrators' mentorship for her fiction writing. She has participated twice in the Hardcopy Professional Development Program for Australian Writers. Beth was shortlisted for the Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award, with an extract published as New Fiction by KYD. She was awarded a 2021 Varuna Fellowship and is a 2020 Pitch Wars alumni. In 2023 Beth was shortlisted for the Text Prize for her coming-of-age young adult novel Upswell. |