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Amber Kirk-Ford was born and raised in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
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She has over 10,000 followers and over 500,000 views. She has been blogging since she was seven and has hopes of working in journalism or publishing. She became home-schooled at the age of seven, and again at the age of fourteen after being diagnosed with chronic anxiety and panic disorder.
Kirk-Ford originally started blogging documenting her day-to-day life.
She later decided to focus on book reviews, discussions, and author interviews, with the occasional blog post about her personal life. She currently attends InterHigh and is studying for her A-Levels in English Literature and Media Studies.
She started the #HelpAmber campaign in August 2015 to raise the funds needed to attend the online school and the campaign made global press Kirk-Ford was interviewed on Sky News, profiled in The Independent and featured on the MailOnline.
Amber Kirk-Ford first created her current blog, originally called "Let"s Call it a Journey" but renamed to "The Mile Long Bookshelf", in April 2006.
She originally gained a following from writing about her life as a home-schooled child, but later transformed her blog into a book blog after starting at her local secondary school. The Guardian named her one of the "top 10 best books bloggers" in December 2014. Kirk-Ford created a channel, "The Mile Long Bookshelf", to run alongside her blog in July 2013, and was between Tyler Oakley and Joe Sugg in Huffington Post"s "25 Vloggers Under 25 Owning the World of " in December 2014.
Originally posting short skits, she later added book hauls, discussions and giveaways for her subscribers, and occasionally works with brands and book publishers.
Her channel has over 1,000 subscribers and over 40,000 views.
