Being an award winning author comes with a level of expectations and pressure, especially when the book is the first one you write.

In today's conversation, Dawn Bates speaks with Young Adult author Amanda Denham, the author of Sin Eater, a book about the special gift of a teenage girl who can wipe the memory of people who just want to forget.

Amanda was new to interviews when we recorded this conversation and yet she danced in conversation with relative ease.

We discuss how she came to be an author, the challenges along the way and what it was like winning her first writing award.