Amy Scheiner holds an MFA degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook Southampton and recently attended The Fine Arts Work Center where she studied with Melissa Febos, and Sewanee Writers Conference where she studied with Alexander Chee and Lacy M. Johnson. In addition to Slate and Huffington Post, she has had essays published in Longreads, Blue Mesa Review, The Southampton Review, and Watershed Review, the latter 2 which were nominated for a Pushcart Prize, among others. She has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal and the podcast, The Body Myth.