Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom (born 1953) is an American writer. She has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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. [Department of English, Yale University, Amy Bloom Faculty Page, http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/bloom_a.html] . 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 [ Amy Bloom at IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2319943/] . Bloom received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, and a M.S.W. (Masters of Social Work) from Smith College. [Speaking of Stories: Amy Bloom, http://www.speakingofstories.org/Author%20Bios/amy_bloom.htm]

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". [Department of English, Yale University, Amy Bloom Faculty Page, http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/bloom_a.html] . 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. [Amy Bloom, About State of Mind, Lifetime TV, http://www.lifetimetv.com/on-tv/shows/state-mind/about] .

Bloom, who is bisexual, [ [http://www.afterellen.com/books/2007/12/acrossthepage Afterellen.com retrieved December 13 2007] ] 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)

creenplays, teleplays and television shows

*"State of Mind" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.amybloom.com Amy Bloom's Official Site]
* [http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum2.html Identity Theory Interview: Amy Bloom]
* [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/bloom.html New York State Writer's Institute: Amy Bloom]
* [http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/bloom_a.html Amy Bloom Faculty Biography at Yale University]
* [http://www.speakingofstories.org/Author%20Bios/amy_bloom.htm Speaking of Stories: Amy Bloom]
* [http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=22719 Amy Bloom radio interview] by [http://richardwolinsky.com Richard Wolinsky] on KPFA-FM (October 11, 2007)