Amy Danzer works at Northwestern University where she manages several master’s degree programs, including the MA in writing and the MFA in prose and poetry, and directs the
Northwestern University Summer Writers’ Conference. She serves on the board of directors for the
Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs and as board president of the
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. She was recently named to
Newcity’s Lit 50 list. On the side, she interviews authors for
Newcity and
The Rumpus, at bookstores and literary festivals. When she isn’t working, reading, or writing, she’s regularly at live literary events around Chicago, where she occasionally shares a story of her own.