Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom is an author who was born in the USA in 1953. Bloom initially studied to be a social worker and practiced psychotherapy for a number of years. She is now the writer in residence at Wesleyan University and has also been a lecturer of creative writing at Yale University. Amy regularly writes features for newspapers such as: The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Vogue. Her novels had been nominated for The National Book Award and The National Book Critics Award. She is also head-writer and producer of a television series called: State of Mind which appears on the Lifetime Television Network.