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Allison Amend author biography, plus links to books by Allison Amend.

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Allison Amend

Allison Amend, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is the author of the Independent Publisher's Award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and the novel Stations West, which was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award. She lives in New York City. Visit her at www.allisonamend.com

This biography was last updated on 04/09/2013.

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