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Amphora is one of Amanda's roommates at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives. She is of Indian descent and was born in London. She is a bit testy and is afraid of many things. She is also boy-crazy, except when it comes to Simon Binkle, with whom she argues constantly. Sometimes she and Amanda have a strained relationship, but at other times they’re good friends.

Amphora has a highly developed sense of design and is planning a career fighting espionage in the fashion industry. She first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

Nick Muffet is a student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives. He is extremely creative and has experience in film and theater. He is tall for his age and extremely good looking, with long dark thick hair, sky blue eyes, and a medium build. He is gallant and charistmatic, sometimes to the point of flirtation, but he’s not just a pretty boy; he’s the real deal. He’s extremely smart and very good with computers.

Nick first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

People always ask me where I get my character names. After all, Particle Peaksribbon, Simon Binkle, and Owla Snizzle aren’t exactly your everyday monikers. Now that I’m doing this wonderful blog tour, I think it’s time I revealed my secrets, which you can use to name your characters too.

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Descended from an English lord, Sir Bailiwick Wiffle, David Wiffle is an insufferable prig. He is rich, aristocratic, and does everything by the book. When Amanda and the other kids do things that don’t live up to his impossible standards, he tattles. He is quite the goody two-shoes and a thorn in Amanda’s side.

David is a puny kid with cornflower blue eyes and pale red straight hair. He’s of average intelligence and excels at nothing. He hangs around with one friend, Gordon Bramble, who is a complete toady.

He is a member of Van Helden House. He first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

Editta lives down the hall from Amanda. She is a friend, but not as close a friend as Ivy and Amphora.

She’s a small, plain girl with dark, limp chin-length hair and brown eyes. She is a whiz with numbers and loves to count things. She’s also superstitious, a trait she gets from her mother, who is said to practice voodoo. She’s a nice girl, but she tends to go off by herself a lot.

Editta first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester, Detective series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

Binnie Belasco is a student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives. She is a tall, skinny, extremely smart girl who has a crush on Clive Ng. She is interested in meteorology.

Binnie makes a passing appearance in the second Amanda Lester book, Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis, but really emerges in the fourth, Amanda Lester and the Blue Peacocks' Secret.

Gordon Bramble, a student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives, is a pleasant-faced, freckled boy who should know better than to hang around with David Wiffle. The two boys, who are members of Van Helden House, are always making trouble for Amanda and her friends. It's too bad, because Gordon is a smart kid, but he lets David hold him back.

Gordon first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

Gaston Thrillkill is a tall and imposing gray-haired bald man in his late forties. He has piercing blue eyes and wears rimless glasses, which he often peers over. Ostensibly tough, he has his weak points, such as a morbid fear of icicles, which explains his tendency to carry a hair dryer around during the winter: he melts them with it. For a long time, Amanda fears him, but she comes to find that he can be sympathetic when necessary. He is of French descent.

Headmaster Thrillkill has put away many criminals, including “Jumbo” Pinchuk, a prominent figure in the Belarus Mafia. He first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

Blixus Moriarty is a descendant of Professor James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes's arch-rival (Moriarty is his great- great-uncle). He is just as evil as his ancestor. He is tall and elegant, with salt and pepper hair.

Blixus first appears in Book 1 of the Amanda Lester, Detective series, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy.

When we first meet him, Harry Sheriff is a fifth-year student at Legatum Continuatum. He is very good looking, with golden hair and lots of muscles. He is considered to be one of the school's biggest heartthrobs.

Harry is first mentioned in Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis, but he doesn't make his first appearance until Amanda Lester and the Purple Rainbow Puzzle.