Interview with Author – Amy Friedman

Amy Friedman is a writer, editor, ghostwriter and writing teacher. She has published three memoirs, three books for children and thousands of essays and stories. She has been writing an internationally syndicated weekly newspaper feature, Tell Me a Story, since 199, and she teaches memoir and personal essay in southern California. Many of her stories and essays have appeared in book collections, including an excerpt of Desperado’s Wife in Stricken: 5,000 Stages of Grief and another excerpt in the New York Times Modern Love. Amy co-authored Anne Willan's memoir, One Souffle at a Time, that will be released in September 2013.