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Amy Gutman

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Amy Gutman
Born (1960-11-05) November 5, 1960 (age 65)
EducationHarvard Law School
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • journalist

Amy Gutman (born November 5, 1960) is an American novelist, journalist, and lawyer.

Biography

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Gutman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude, and became a journalist, working at the Wilson Quarterly in Washington, D.C., and The Tennessean in Nashville. She worked for newspapers in Mississippi before co-founding the Mississippi Teacher Corps.

Gutman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1993, and worked for the firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Parcher, Hayes & Snyder in New York City. In 2001, she published her first novel, Equivocal Death.[1] Her second, The Anniversary, was published in 2003.[2]

She worked in alumni relations for Harvard Law School and as communications advisor at Wellesley College. She contributed essays and book reviews to The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune,[3] and other newspapers, was senior facilitator at The Op-Ed Project, and wrote a blog, Plan B Nation.[4][5]

Publications

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  • Equivocal Death (2001)[1]
  • The Anniversary (2003)[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Connors, Nancy (May 13, 2001). "Lawyer-turned-writer leaves out the logic". The Plain Dealer. p. 135. Retrieved August 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Dahnke, Ellen (June 22, 2003). "Serial killer mystery keeps pages turning". The Tennessean. p. 54. Retrieved August 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Gutman, Amy (June 10, 2012). "A marriage gone missing". Chicago Tribune. pp. 12–7. Retrieved August 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Gutman, Amy (May 22, 2012). "Why Birthdays Matter (And Why They Don't)". Psychology Today. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Gutman, Amy (November 17, 2011). "Guest column: Circus and bread". Daily Hampshire Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved August 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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