Amy Shearn

Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the critically-acclaimed novels Dear Edna Sloane, Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean from Here . She has worked as an editor for Medium, JSTOR, and Cond� Nast , among other organizations, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, "Modern Love" column, Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O, The Oprah Magazine, Poets & Writers Magazine, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Rumpus , and other publications. Amy Shearn...See more

Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the critically-acclaimed novels Dear Edna Sloane, Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean from Here . She has worked as an editor for Medium, JSTOR, and Cond� Nast , among other organizations, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, "Modern Love" column, Slate, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O, The Oprah Magazine, Poets & Writers Magazine, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Rumpus , and other publications. Amy Shearn has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and lives in Brooklyn with her two children. See less