Allison Amend (born May 20, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | 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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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.
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]