∴ Pen Parentis ∴
Providing resources to authors who are parents.
2010 Pen Parentis Writing Fellow Abby Sher
Abby Sher is a writer and performer, mama, wife, daughter, sister, lover of compost and fine naps. Her memoir, Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying was published by Scribner in October, 2009. It got a nod from Oprah and won ELLE Readers’ Prize, Chicago Tribune’s Best of 2009, and Moment Magazine’s Emerging Writers Award.
Abby also wrote a young adult novel, Kissing Snowflakes, which is about first kisses and stepmoms. Her words are in Modern Love: Tales of Love and Obsession, Behind the Bedroom Door, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Self, Jane, Elle, Elle UK, Marie Claire, HeeB, and Redbook.
Before moving to New York, Abby wrote and performed for The Second City and ImprovOlympic. She was the voice for Elly the Talking Elephant and paid rent with one voiceover for DiGiorno’s.
Today, she is working on a new novel and sometimes performs at different theaters in New York. She teaches writing and yoga and drinks too much coffee.