Amy Leach (writer)
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Amy Leach is an American non-fiction writer. She won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award
. She won a 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award.
with an MFA in creative nonfiction.
She teaches literature at the University of St. Francis.
Her work has appeared in the Iowa Review, A Public Space, and the Wilson Quarterly.
Whiting Writers' Award
The Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
. She won a 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award.
Life
She graduated from the University of IowaUniversity of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
with an MFA in creative nonfiction.
She teaches literature at the University of St. Francis.
Her work has appeared in the Iowa Review, A Public Space, and the Wilson Quarterly.
Works
- "Sail On, My Little Honey Bee", A Public Space, Issue 7
- "When Trees Dream of Being Trees", the daily pallette January 17, 2006
- Things That Are, Milkweed, Spring 2012.
External links
- www.examiner.com/culture-events-in-Chicago/an-interview-with-Chicagoan-amy-leach-winner-of-the-2010-whiting-writer-s-award
- http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/audio-video/item/5690/