Allison Amend (born May 20, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Allison Amend | |
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 Amend at the 2016 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | May 20, 1974 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University; University of Iowa Writer's Workshop |
| Genre | Novel, Short Story |
| Notable awards | Sami Rohr Prize finalist |
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Early life
editAmend was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] attended Stanford University,[2] and received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop[3] at the University of Iowa.
Career
editIn 2008, OV Books, an imprint of Dzanc Books, published her debut book, a short story collection called Things That Pass for Love. She has published two novels and a third[4] was published by Nan A. Talese in May 2016. Amend teaches writing at Lehman College in New York City.[4]
Publications
editNovels
edit- Stations West: a novel. Louisiana State University Press (2010) ISBN 978-0807136171[5]
- A Nearly Perfect Copy: a novel. Nan A. Talese (2013) ISBN 9780385536691[6]
- Enchanted Islands: a novel. Nan A. Talese (24 May 2016) ISBN 978-0385539067
Short story collections
edit- Things That Pass for Love. Dzanc Books (2008) ISBN 9780976717744[7]
Awards
edit- Sami Rohr Prize finalist [8]
References
edit- ^ "New York Writer Allison Amend Will Always Call Chicago Home". Gapersblock.com. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "4 questions with Allison Amend - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Double Take: An interview with Allison Amend". Braddock Avenue Books. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ a b "Random House for High School Teachers". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Stations West by Allison Amend, Author . Louisiana State Univ. $18.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-8071-3617-1". Publishersweekly.com. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Book Review: 'A Nearly Perfect Copy'". NPR. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Things that Pass for Love by Allison Amend". the short review. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist¦Allison Amend". Jewishbookcouncil.org. 2011-03-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-29.