Amber Lydon

My name is Amber Lydon, I am from a small town called Halesowen in the West Midlands. I have recently completed my studies of Creative Writing at Edge Hill University. I enjoy reading books, my favourite genres are mainly romance, mystery and thriller. My favourite authors are Paige Toon, Colleen Hoover and Jessa Hastings. I come from a creative family which has inspired me to follow my own creative passions of writing and editing fiction. During my second year of University I completed a placement with a small independent company called Magical Story Jars.  During this time, I wrote short stories for children and attended events, helping young children develop their own creative writing skills. I continue to write short stories and blog posts for the company to this day. I also volunteered for a company called The Reader, during which I read to a child every week to help enhance their reading skills, which I thoroughly enjoyed doing. Within my own personal writing, I tend to favour writing short thriller stories involving mysteries and plot twists. I also love to write poetry, much of which often includes exploring emotive topics such as; mental health and loss.