Amy Sohn and her life

This female writer was known to have many accomplishments. Not only was she a columnist, but she was also a novelist, a Screenwriter, Author, and Editor in Chief. For those who are not familiar with Amy Sohn’s book that came out in September 2009 titled Prospect Park West which was made by Simon & Schuster. There was another version of the book that was also made in paperback which was brought out in 2010 that was associated with Downtown Books.

Sohn was raised and grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She comes from a small family with just having one older brother. During Barack Obama’s election, she voted for him and decided to raise money for him. Before becoming a writer, her favorite writers consisted of Laurie Colwin, Hilma Wolitzer, Charles Bukowski, Nathanael West, Susan Minot, Mary Gaitskill, and Bruce Jay Friedman. Her favorite movies were Gregory’s Girl, The Landlord, and Together. Throughout her life, her parents wanted to raise her in a certain way that would be presented.

As strange as it sounds, if she weren’t a columnist, she would rather be a star on Broadway. Sohn loves to dress up and she believes that a bargain can get you anywhere. She does believe that she could be successful as a writer and as a star on Broadway but will settle for the career that she has had for a long time. 

 Sohn still also believed in funny punchlines and funny jokes. Her favorite joke is known to be, “What’s the difference between a Jew and a Gentile? A Gentile leaves without saying goodbye and a Jew says goodbye without leaving.” (http://www.amysohn.com/?page_id=27).

In her early life Sohn graduated from Brown University as an Honors student and was also selected to run in the sorority society “Phi Beta Kappa Society.” Before she became interested in becoming a writer she started out in 1996 with a dating column titled “Female Trouble,” which was featured in New York Press, which her writings received negative and critical reviews from those who found her writings to be bitter and something that should not have been read.

Even though her column previously received negative reviews from readers, she still followed her passions and continued on with her writings. She followed her own instinct at the New York Press with another column titled “Amy Sohn on THERsdays” where she comprared two people, Mayor Giuliani to Hitler but also incorporating the Yankees locker room. As strange as it sounded, she wanted to make a powerful statement to the world.

While working on her columns, Sohn was able to publish her first novel Run Catch Kiss, and that was also made by Simon & Schuster back in 1999. In 2000, Amy was featured in a television show that was featured on Oxygen’s “X Chromosome” which was an animated series called “Avenue Amy.”

In August 2001, Sohn received a job at the New York Magazine, where she worked there as an editor for six years. Most of her columns reflected what she went through in her early life and some of the life changing things that had happened to her. As her columns slowly started to fly away and to disappear, she believed for a second that her life would end up in the same situation. But thankfully her life did not stop.

 On her way to becoming successful Sohn publishes her second book in September 2004 called Old Man. Her books had a huge advantage because it not only came in one language but it also came in several different languages for everyone to read.

Along with her writings, Sohn wrote two films called Spin the Bottle and a Gen X horror movie called Pagans.