Allison Amend Explained

Allison Amend (born May 20, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.

Early life

Amend 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

In 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

Novels

• Stations West: a novel. Louisiana State University Press (2010) ^[5]
• A Nearly Perfect Copy: a novel. Nan A. Talese (2013) ^[6]
• Enchanted Islands: a novel. Nan A. Talese (24 May 2016)

Short story collections

• Things That Pass for Love. Dzanc Books (2008) ^[7]

Awards

• Sami Rohr Prize finalist ^[8]

External links

• Amend's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Writer Allison Amend Will Always Call Chicago Home . Gapersblock.com . 2013-06-26 . 2015-10-29.
2. Web site: 4 questions with Allison Amend - tribunedigital-chicagotribune . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 2010-05-26 . 2015-10-29.
3. Web site: Double Take: An interview with Allison Amend . Braddock Avenue Books . 2015-10-29.
4. Web site: Random House for High School Teachers . Randomhouse.com . 2015-10-29.
5. Web site: 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 . 2015-10-29.
6. Web site: Book Review: 'A Nearly Perfect Copy' . NPR . 2013-05-10 . 2015-10-29.
7. Web site: Things that Pass for Love by Allison Amend . the short review . 2009-01-25 . 2015-10-29.
8. Web site: Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist¦Allison Amend . Jewishbookcouncil.org . 2011-03-17 . 2015-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024416/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/_blog/The_ProsenPeople/post/Meet_Sami_Rohr_Prize_Finalist%E2%80%A6Allison_Amend/ . 2016-03-05 . dead .