Allison Amend

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

Allison Amend
Amend at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1974-05-20) May 20, 1974 (age 50) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Stanford University; University of Iowa Writer's Workshop
Genre	Novel, Short Story
Notable awards	Sami Rohr Prize finalist
Website
allisonamend.com

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) 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

• Things That Pass for Love. Dzanc Books (2008) ISBN 9780976717744^[7]

Awards

• Sami Rohr Prize finalist ^[8]

References

1. "New York Writer Allison Amend Will Always Call Chicago Home". Gapersblock.com. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
2. "4 questions with Allison Amend - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
3. "Double Take: An interview with Allison Amend". Braddock Avenue Books. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
4. "Random House for High School Teachers". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
5. "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.
6. "Book Review: 'A Nearly Perfect Copy'". NPR. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
7. "Things that Pass for Love by Allison Amend". the short review. 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
8. "Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist¦Allison Amend". Jewishbookcouncil.org. 2011-03-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

External links

• Amend's website