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Amy Reed was born and raised in and around Seattle, where she attended a total of eight schools by the time she was eighteen. Constant moving taught her to be restless and being an only child made her imagination do funny things. After a brief stint at Reed College (no relation), she moved to San Francisco and spent the next several years serving coffee and getting into trouble. She eventually graduated from film school, promptly decided she wanted nothing to do with filmmaking, returned to her original and impractical love of writing, and earned her MFA from New College of California. Her short work has been published in journals such as Kitchen Sink, Contrary, and Fiction. Amy currently lives in Oakland with her husband and two cats, and...more


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You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet on the internet front the last few months, and for good reason. On April 2, I gave birth to my first baby!


Introducing Elouise Madrone:


Elouise


She’s been keeping me very busy, tired and happy. I think we’re close to perfecting a configuration where she sleeps on my lap while I balance my laptop on the arm of my chair and type with one hand. M...

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Average rating: 3.88 · 5,236 ratings · 957 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
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" What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? AR: A sunny day in a grassy field surrounded by forest. A warm, crystal-clear lake with a sandy beach. Birds chirping. Bambi. My husband and closest friends playing guitars an..." ...More

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How You Remember Her (Literature & Fiction)
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Description: This short story was originally published in Contrary Magazine (www.contrarymagazine.com). It was listed as a Notable Story in the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2008 anthology and the 2007 StorySouth Million Writers Awards.
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“What if I'm so broken I can never do something as basic as feed myself? Do you realize how twisted that is? It amazes me sometimes that humans still exist. We're just animals, after all. And how can an animal get so removed from nature that it loses the instinct to keep itself alive?”
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“Imagine trying to live without air.
Now imagine something worse.”
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“I wonder if anybody else feels this way, if anyone in here is as scared as I am. Are they as sad and angry and confused and ashamed? Is that even possible? Is it even possible for one building to hold all that pain?”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar.”
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“A latter-day Go Ask Alice, BEAUTIFUL is raw, gritty, and powerful, an intense ice-pick jab to the heart. A stunning debut and a must-read.”
R.A. Nelson, Teach Me

“In crisp, clean prose Amy Reed places the reader right into the heart and mind and life of a girl who makes the choice to be one of the beautiful ones. Reed gives a disturbing and concise snapshot of what it can be like today for teens struggling with self-identity and peer acceptance when in a heartbeat they follow the 'wrong road.”
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Pamela Hey Amy...Thanks for accepting my friend request.


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Jaree Francis Hello, how're you doing, Ms Amy? I hope all's well with you + thanks for the friend-quest

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