Amy Leach (writer)

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Amy Leach
NationalityAmerican
Genrenon-fiction
Notable awardsWhiting Award,
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award

Amy Leach is an American non-fiction writer. She won a 2010 Whiting Award. [1] She won a 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. [2]

Contents

Life

She graduated from the University of Iowa with an MFA in creative nonfiction. She teaches literature at the University of St. Francis. [3]

Her work has appeared in the Iowa Review, [4] A Public Space, and the Wilson Quarterly. [5]

Works

Books

Articles

“Strangers”, A Public Space, Issue 27

"Sail On, My Little Honey Bee", A Public Space, Issue 7

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References

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  2. "News". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  3. "Faculty Mentors - Creative Writing - Graduate Program - School of Continuing Studies - Northwestern University". www.scs.northwestern.edu. Archived from the original on 30 October 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. "Amy Leach Announced as Recipient of the 2010 Whiting Writers' Awards | the Iowa Review". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  5. "Featured Author: Amy Leach". 14 February 2007.