​​​​Amy Cook is the author of “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Blue Sky: The Hallmarks of 9/11’s Imagery in Prose” (Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies), and the recipient of a 2026 Exploring Judaism LGBTQ+ Writers Fellowship. Finalist for: Tablet’s First Personal Essay Contest, The Good Life Review Honeybee Prize and Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts’ ProForma Competition. Her essays and poems have been featured in more than three dozen journals and anthologies, including Anti-Heroin Chic, the Los Angeles Review, and Bacopa Literary Review. She is an Editorial Assistant for CRAFT. Rainier Writing Workshop (MFA 2025), Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. www.amylynncook.com 

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Amy is an award-winning lyricist (BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, 2008 Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement) whose work has been heard at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre (Easter Bonnet Competition, 2010), the Metropolitan Room and the Algonquin Salon. Her lyrics were most recently performed by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.