Amy Bloom
(born 1953) is an American writer. She has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Biography
Trained as a social worker, Bloom has practiced psychotherapy and is currently a part-time lecturer of Creative Writing at the department of English at Yale University.
[1]. Although not a psychologist, her involvement with psychotherapy played a role in writing the
Lifetime Television network TV show,
State of Mind
, which takes a look at the professional lives of psychiatrists. Bloom is listed as one of the writers for the series and a co-executive producer
[2]. Bloom received her B.A. from
Wesleyan University, and a
M.S.W. (Masters of Social Work) from
Smith College.
[3]
She has been nominated for the
National Book Award and the
National Book Critics Circle Award. In addition to novels, Bloom has written articles in periodicals including
The New Yorker
,
The New York Times Magazine
,
The Atlantic Monthly
,
Vogue
,
Slate
, and
Salon.com
.
. Her short fiction has appeared in The
Best American Short Stories, The
O. Henry Prize Stories and several other anthologies and has won a
National Magazine Award.
[4].
Bloom, who is bisexual,
[5] is divorced and has two daughters and a son. She resides in Connecticut.
Bibliography
Fiction
- Come to Me: Stories
(1993) (short stories)
- Love Invents Us
(1997) (novel)
- A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
(2000) (short stories)
- Away
(2007) (novel)
Non-fiction
- Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Cross-dressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
(2002) (Psychology)
Screenplays, teleplays and television shows
References
- Department of English, Yale University, Amy Bloom Faculty Page, http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/bloom_a.html
- Amy Bloom at IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2319943/
- Speaking of Stories: Amy Bloom, http://www.speakingofstories.org/Author%20Bios/amy_bloom.htm
- Amy Bloom, About State of Mind, Lifetime TV, http://www.lifetimetv.com/on-tv/shows/state-mind/about
- Afterellen.com retrieved December 13 2007