"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller, whose view of contemporary life is often wonderfully acute, original, and surprising."--Alison Lurie, author of Foreign Affairs: a Novel Allison Amend's writing is both thoughtful and entertaining, with a strong sense of humor throughout. Allison Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois, on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop...