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Author’s Bio
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.
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.
Published Works
Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying was published by Scribner in October, 2009. In addition to AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, 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.
Updated Writing Credits
Abby also wrote a young adult novel, Kissing Snowflakes, which is about first kisses and stepmoms.
My newest essays and articles!
- My essays in The New York Times Opinionator
- “Selling My Mother’s Dresses”
The New York Times - “So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?”
The New York Times - “What I Discovered in the Storefront Mosque Tucked Next to a Bodega: Common Ground”
GOOD.IS - “I Have OCD”
The Frisky - Book Notes Playlist
Largehearted Boy - “The Place This Is”
Lost Magazine - “The Vanishing Point”
Elle - “Even In This Town, You Can Be Too Thin”
The Los Angeles Times - “Mommy Friends”
Kveller - I blog regularly at Psychology Today, check it out!
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