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Allison Amend

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

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

Early life

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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

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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

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Novels

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  • 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

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Awards

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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.
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