Amy


Female
37 years old
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
United States



Last Login: 5/16/2008
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  http://www.myspace.com/pollythebook  

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    Amy's Interests
MusicBruno, Lesion, Bad Brains, The Ramones, The Replacements, Dag Nasty, The Rolling Stones, The Strokes, Le Tigre, The Beastie Boys, Eagles of Death Metal, The Clash, The Darkness, Verbal Assault, Liz Phair, The Go-Gos, The Pixies, OK Go, Jawbreaker, Nirvana
MoviesRaising Arizona, The Royal Tenenbaums, Annie Hall, Me Without You, Lovely and Amazing, Venus Beauty Institute, Walking and Talking, Short Cuts, Valley Girl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Decline of the Western Civilization Part II
TelevisionFriday Night Lights, Veronica Mars, Six Feet Under, Freaks and Geeks, Home Movies, Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wonderfalls, Strangers with Candy
BooksWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, The Burning House by Ann Beattie, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore, Barrel Fever by David Sedaris, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll.
HeroesMargaret Sanger
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     Amy's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Reston, Va
Body type:0' 0"
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius
Smoke / Drink:No / Yes
Children:Proud parent
Education:College graduate
Occupation:writer

   Amy's Schools
Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State Univ
Blacksburg, VA
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
 

1988 to 1992
Herndon High
Herndon, VA
Graduated: N/A
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1984 to 1988



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BIO

I grew up in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. I went to college at Virginia Tech and then I moved to New York City where I've lived ever since. After a lot of messing around and changing jobs and getting into various scrapes I finally settled down and started a novel, which ended up taking me five years to write. And instead of writing a novel about New York City I wrote a novel about being a teenager in the 1980s. It's called Polly, and it's a fictional tell-all about bad boyfriends and good bands. HarperCollins shocked me by buying the book and publishing it, and as of January 2007 it's in bookstores. Let's hope the rest is history.






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teenwire.com

It's the 1980s, and Polly Clark is looking for love — but finding sex instead

http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/2007/if-20070129p475-polly.php



venuszine.com

A young outsider struggles to find identity through a series of bad boyfriends and poor choices

http://venuszine.com/stories/arts_reads/3627.php



Washington DC City Paper – January 2007

"Bryant’s teenage protagonist learns some harsh lessons in the suburban-Virginia coming-of-age tale, usually in the hardest possible ways."



OK! Magazine – January 29, 2007

“…who doesn’t like reading about adolescent angst.”

http://intraweb/titlenet/ReportNet/Trade%20Publicity/P/Polly/OK%20Magazine%2001-29-07.pdf



Jane Magazine – January 2007

Books good enough to schlep around in your purse – “Continuing down memory lane, first-time author Amy Bryant’s novel Polly, focuses on a high school girl growing up in the D.C. suburbs in the 80s.”



Redbook – January 2007

what to do this month - #6 – relive your first love “Bryant describes her adolescent main character’s relationships—both constructive and destructive—with such spot-on clarity, you might feel the fluttering of some of those decades-old butterflies.”



New York Press– January 2007

Along Came Polly– “In a generation of disenchanting Paris Hiltons and collapsible Britneys, it’s refreshing to meet a young woman that navigates the sketchy male waters and ends up afloat by her twenties (not that we’re blaming K-Fed for everything.) The Polly party at Arlene’s Grocery celebrates the release of Bryant’s beautifully voiced book. Pick up a copy and get in an angsty high school mood with a special performance by the band Lesion.”

http://www.nypress.com/20/2/abouttown/about2.cfm



Blurbs

The book rocked. The language was spare yet precise, nasty yet sweet, and it left me hyped up and hungry for more-- sort of like a perfect one-minute and thirty-second hardcore song. I groaned with Polly through every misspelled love note, winced with her through every fumbled sexual encounter on scratchy blankets, and cheered her on through her bumbling, sometimes clownish, but often dangerous cast of boys. It was a real pleasure to read...in fact, I sort of wish there was a Polly Part II or Polly: The Other Random Boys Who Weren't Important Enough to Put In This Book, because I didn't quite get my fill! In any case, I totally envy Amy Bryant for so beautifully and effortlessly capturing what it means to be young and different and sensitive-- I feel like so few writers can really pull it off. I cannot wait what she has in store for us next. - Sara Shepard, author of Pretty Little Liars

Amy Bryant hits all the right notes--her narrator is sarcastic and vulnerable, and always remarkably human. If Polly Clark had gone to my high school, I'd have been in love with her for sure." - Bryan Charles, author of Grab On to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way



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May 15 2008 2:08 PM

Hey Amy, I love the cover of Polly, it's so cool. I can't wait to read it.

If you ever need someone to review one of your books, please contact me. I'd love to have it featured on my blog.
Thanks and Take care!
Mugician





May 15 2008 9:37 AM

Hi Amy...thanks so much for the ADD! Nice to meet you, I'm Mike! I really appreciate you letting me into your circle of friends! I enjoyed checking out your site. Awesome about your book, nicely done...maybe I'll read it!
Have a great week! :o)
Yell County





May 14 2008 9:47 AM

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Gina





Apr 3 2008 8:25 AM

Hi Amy!!!! I am re-reading the book now. I heart it.
America's Sweetheart





Mar 25 2008 9:52 PM

America's Sweetheart





Feb 26 2008 1:10 PM

What up sistah soljah?!? Hope you and the fella are doing great!

Cornelia





Feb 16 2008 8:01 AM

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Apex Reviews





Feb 16 2008 3:58 AM

Thanks for being our MySpace friend, Amy! Looking forward to reviewing your work soon.

Your Friends At Apex Reviews

www.apexreviews.net
info@apexreviews.net
The New Waveforms





Feb 14 2008 7:33 AM

hAppy V-dAy!
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Gina





Jan 31 2008 2:01 PM

I hope you are watching Rock of Love 2!!!
♥paula♥





Jan 27 2008 9:24 PM

Great Read! Thank You!
Daisy





Jan 24 2008 9:31 AM

Thanks for the add from Daisy Dooley

Sincerely appreciate the friendship Amy!
Venom Lords





Dec 30 2007 5:55 PM

Amy!! Thanks for adding us! I will say it again...i LOVED the book. Write more!!!

Gina
ChristeenieWeanieBeanie





Dec 18 2007 9:19 AM

MZP
Angie





Nov 23 2007 11:13 AM

Amy, I heard your good news - Congratulatiosn! Can't wait to see your itty bitty girl!
Jennifer





Nov 21 2007 7:13 PM

Congrats!! I can't wait to meet Maxine!
your bff taylaaa





Nov 20 2007 6:13 PM

Hmm, I think you need to change your views on children to "Proud parent!"

:)

congrats!
ChristeenieWeanieBeanie





Nov 20 2007 2:31 PM

Good job little cuz on the birth of your baby girl! Can't wait to see pixs of little Maxine!

LOVE YOU!
~~Debra Lynn~~~





Oct 30 2007 10:37 AM

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Hey, Girl.....
How does a black sheep starving artist cousin get a copy of your book????
xoxoxo
Deb
Lauren Baratz-Logsted





Oct 26 2007 12:50 PM

Hey, Amy, I read POLLY last week - great stuff!
Janet





Oct 25 2007 12:58 AM

I wanna see pictures!! Hurry up and pop!
stabb ... john stabb.





Jul 27 2007 9:33 AM

thank you amy. that means a lot, my friend. my doctor tells me i'll be as handsome as i always was after the swelling goes down-ha!

love,
john
Aim





Jul 10 2007 7:42 PM

still awaiting the new book...haven't found anything decent to read since i read polly!!!
HARPER PERENNIAL





May 24 2007 8:15 PM

The event at Mo Pickin's was great - thank you so much for coming!
your bff taylaaa





May 24 2007 5:10 PM

found it!
your bff taylaaa





May 18 2007 1:16 PM

I'm reading your boooook.
:]
I finally got around to it, Amy.
I'm on Joey.

I'm pretty sure this is the most amazing book. I don't want to put it down when i start reading.

Will the family get to read another one of yours soooon?
Love,
Taylor
Jennifer McMahon





May 15 2007 7:26 PM

Hey Amy,

I finished POLLY yesterday -- it rocked! I'm really looking forward to seeing you at Mo Pitkin's next Monday!

Jennifer
HARPER PERENNIAL





Apr 28 2007 8:07 AM

Can't wait to see you in May!!
Pretty Little Mistakes





Apr 21 2007 6:55 AM

Can't wait to meet you in NYC at our reading together with Jennifer McMahon. It's going to be rigteous good fun. Right? We're keeping it clean, right? Mmm-hahahahahahahahaha!
butterflykami™





Apr 20 2007 2:18 PM

the best book u evr "polly" love it were can find more books like POLLY???
stabb ... john stabb.





Mar 8 2007 7:08 PM

amy,
i'm glad you're enjoying the stabb package (for those of you who have dirty minds ... it's not what you think-ha!) and have you had any interesting comments on wearing a g.i. tee in the office space?

i'm on the "joey" (yep, still a very slow reader) chapter of the book & have more than a vague idea who that character is. and the guy was a lot bolder than i remembered. i also had no idea there would be g.i. refs in "polly". that was most cool to discover. i'm enjoying the book to it's fullest & have come to the conclusion: if i'd met polly before, um, "joey", i might've chased after her-ha!
Amy





Mar 6 2007 8:35 PM

I love Polly! "He was really old...at least 18." :-) Congrats on such a great first book, Amy!"
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Mar 4 2007 8:14 AM

I too am a product of the Reston teen scene of the 80's and reading your book is like reading a journal I could have written about my life in the Va burbs!!! You have captured exactly what it was like during those years. I had forgotten so much. Thank you for the drive down memory lane. I loved it and have told all my fellow Restonians to pick up the book. Well done Amy, Congratulations!!
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Mar 2 2007 10:20 AM

First, it is lovely to be added on as one of your friends and second, reading about your book...well it just sings to me. I can't wait to read it. I say it sings to me because there are some things that bring me back to when I was an unruly doc wearing girl. In fact I just wrote a blog entry about finding some old beloved journals here!!
Anyway, wishing you a lot of success and I will be reading your book soon. xo -k
Millicent





Feb 20 2007 1:18 PM

I picked up your book this weekend at Barnes and Noble and am almost done! I LOVE it! It brings back sweet 80 memories. I wish your new book was done NOW!
Lizz(A)rd





Feb 10 2007 6:28 AM

Thanks for the add!! Your book rocks! I read it in 24 hours, and I think I'll re-read it sometime soon.

BTW, I got a real kick out of the brief reference to Black Market Baby. =D

~Liz
stabb ... john stabb.





Feb 6 2007 7:10 PM

i got the book the other day & i'm reading it right now ... so far, so good. i sure don't like skating (roller/ice/whatever) but this is polly's story, not mine ... yes, i'm a very slow reader.

thank you for the quick send & there will be a package coming your way soon.
love,
john
Tish Cohen





Feb 6 2007 1:47 PM

I'm loving Polly!
Amy Bridges





Feb 5 2007 2:49 PM

Hi Amy - thanks for the Myspace invite from a few weeks back. I did finish reading your book this weekend and I enjoyed it. You have a strong voice and I love the book's structure. Very unique and well done! I'll look forward to your next one.
Dave





Feb 4 2007 10:38 AM

Hey I believe the stonewashed jean jacket next to you in the pic on LitPark was owned by none other than Gregg Hensler... and maybe my memory is off on this one, but did I take that picture?
Susan





Jan 31 2007 3:58 AM

Your interview is up on LitPark today!

xo
♥♥1 BAD ASS BITCH♥♥





Jan 30 2007 3:34 PM

i fucking love this book im almost done with it. p.s.thanks for the addd
Whitney





Jan 28 2007 9:23 AM

so i read this book in two days its amazing to find a fun punky charecter who has such an exciting taste in boys.
Vallyree