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H E R Amanda Stern's fiction, non-fiction and poetry has appeared, among other places, in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine (2001, 2004), Swink, Venus Magazine, The Believer, St. Ann's Review, Salt Hill, Hayden's Ferry Review and Spinning Jenny For several years she worked in independent film assisting Terry Gilliam, Hal Hartley, Ang Lee, Ted Hope and James Schamus. For two years she made her money as a professional comic co-hosting the Broadway Video/MSN celebrity talk show venture, "This is Not a Test" at Catch A Rising Star with Marc Maron. Their guests included: George Plimpton, Phil Hartman, Conan O' Brien, Jon Stewart and Janeane Garofalo among many others. She continued to work for Broadway Video as an on-air host for the unfortunately named Burly Bear Network, a closed circuit college network owned, at that time, by Lorne Michaels. She edited a found art narrative for The Talking Heads Box Set "Once In A Lifetime." The
Long Haul, her debut novel from Soft Skull Press can be found in stores nationwide.
She was born and raised in Greenwich Village. She currently lives in
Brooklyn and is at work on her next novel. She is the curator and host
of the popular Happy Ending Music and Reading Series. In 2006 she hosted the National Book Awards premiere ceremony, "5 Under 35."
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