Allison Amend
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AlmamaterStanford University;
University of Iowa Writer's Workshop
University of Iowa Writer's Workshop
GenreNovel, Short Story
Notable awardsSami Rohr Prize finalist
Allison Amend | |
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 Amend at the 2016 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | May 20, 1974 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University; University of Iowa Writer's Workshop |
| Genre | Novel, Short Story |
| Notable awards | Sami Rohr Prize finalist |
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Allison Amend (born May 20, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] attended Stanford University where she majored in comparative literature,[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]
