About Allison Amend
Born 1974. Allison Amend is an American writer and novelist.
Allison Amend (born May 20, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Early life Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Stanford University where she majored in comparative literature, and received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop 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 was published by Nan A. Talese in May 2016. Amend teaches writing at Lehman College in New York City. A Nearly Perfect Copy: a novel. Nan A. Talese (2013) Enchanted Islands: a novel. Nan A. Talese (24 May 2016)
Short story collections Things That Pass for Love. Dzanc Books (2008)
Awards Sami Rohr Prize finalist
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