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Amy Dickinson

Born: in Freeville, New York
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Dickinson lived in Chicago.

Biography: Dickinson is an advice columnist. She succeeds the legendary Ann Landers as the ''Chicago Tribune's'' signature advice columnist. Dickinson's column, ''Ask Amy'', is syndicated by Tribune Media Services to newspapers around the world. Before joining the Chicago Tribune, Dickinson penned a column on family issues for ''TIME'' magazine and had been regularly featured on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered''. Dickinson graduated from Georgetown University and has also worked as a producer for NBC News and as a freelance writer for publications such as ''The Washington Post'', ''Esquire'' and ''O magazine''. She has also appeared as a social commentator on CBS' ''Sunday Morning''.She currently lives in Freeville, NY.


Awards:
  • '''''The Mighty Queens of Freeville

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Website: http://themightyqueensoffreeville.com/
Amy Dickinson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=amy++dickinson


Selected Titles

  Ask Amy :
ISBN: 1572841559 OCLC: 858749399

"A collection of excerpts from the syndicated advice column "Ask Amy""--

  Mighty Queens of Freeville
ISBN: 9781401392499 OCLC: 232977567

Hyperion Books, [Place of publication not identified] : ℗2009.

Advice columnist and author Amy Dickinson tells the story of her family. Comprising several of her failures and mistakes, including lost careers and a failed marriage, Dickinson reveals her surprising and unlikely road to success.

Strangers tend to tell me things :
ISBN: 0316352640 OCLC: 943687449

"The voice behind America's most popular advice column "Ask Amy" and the New York Times best-selling author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville--returns with her follow-up memoir of family, second chances and finding love, "--NoveList.

Strangers tend to tell me things :
ISBN: 9780316352628 OCLC: 1031705767

The voice behind America's most popular advice column 'Ask Amy' and the New York Times best-selling author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville, returns with her follow-up memoir of family, second chances, and finding love-

The mighty queens of Freeville :
ISBN: 1401322859 OCLC: 232358132

Hyperion Books, New York, N.Y. : 2009.

Amy Dickinson, syndicated advice columnist and weekly National Public Radio celeb, shares her remarkable story, a tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent.

 

 

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