EP39: Got Questions? Just Ask Amy!

Amy Dickinson has created for herself a life that most people can only dream of. She’s a bestselling author, she writes a syndicated daily column that’s read by a faithful audience of around 24 million people worldwide, and she is a regular guest on NPR and other national media outlets. At this point in her life and career Amy really can call the shots, which is why it’s so intriguing that she chose to settle back in the tiny town where she grew up, just outside of Ithaca, NY.

In this podcast Amy talks about life lessons, big adventures and the sweet satisfaction of coming home to family, community and Big Love.

Amy Dickinson is author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Story of Surprising Second Chances,” a chronicle of her experiences and misadventures as a single mother to her daughter, Emily.

She writes the syndicated advice column, “Ask Amy,” which is carried in over 150 newspapers and read by an estimated 22 million readers daily.

Dickinson is known not only for her wisdom but her wit. Since 2006, she has been a featured panelist on National Public Radio’s comedy quiz show, “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” She is also a sought-after speaker, delivering her inspiring and comic stories of her adventures and misadventures to groups around the country.

Dickinson was born and raised on a dairy farm in tiny Freeville, New York, (pop. 454) on land her family has lived on since the Revolutionary War. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

After living in New York, London, Washington DC and Chicago, she moved back to her hometown, married a local contractor she had known since childhood, and is now mother to five daughters.