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Amy Spungen Amy Spungen, a freelance editor and writer, has a BS in journalism from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MA in English from Northwestern University. She lives near Chicago in Highland Park, Illinois. Reviews Articles Fiction Nothing Vast Moshe Zvi Marvit Fiction All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky Fiction Signal Fires Dani Shapiro Nonfiction The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz Maya Lee, Magda Hellinger Nonfiction Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure Menachem Kaiser Fiction The Memory Monster Yishai Sarid Fiction Man of My Time Dalia Sofer Nonfiction The Art of Leaving: A Memoir Ayelet Tsabari Fiction Testament Kim Sherwood Fiction The Fourth Corner of the World Scott Nadelson Fiction Madonna in a Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali; Maureen Freely & Alexander Dawe, trans. Nonfiction The Tincture of Time Elizabeth L. Silver Nonfiction Jumping Over Shadows Annette Gendler Interview Talking with Debut Novelist Kim Sherwood Testament tells the story of a young woman whose beloved grandfather dies, triggering her quest to find the truth of his past. Amy Spungen February 26, 2019 Interview Interview: Annette Gendler Annette Gendler’s memoir Jumping Over Shadows pulls readers into the drama of World War II with its family tale of an ill-fated marriage between a Jewish man,… Amy Spungen June 27, 2017
Nonfiction The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz Maya Lee, Magda Hellinger
Interview Talking with Debut Novelist Kim Sherwood Testament tells the story of a young woman whose beloved grandfather dies, triggering her quest to find the truth of his past. Amy Spungen February 26, 2019
Interview Interview: Annette Gendler Annette Gendler’s memoir Jumping Over Shadows pulls readers into the drama of World War II with its family tale of an ill-fated marriage between a Jewish man,… Amy Spungen June 27, 2017