Amy Lee Scott’s When the World Explodes: Essays (Mad Creek Books/Ohio State University Press) won the 2023 Gournay Prize and debuted March 2025. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. Adopted from South Korea as an infant, and raised in suburban Los Angeles, she now lives with her family and tabby cat in Southeast Michigan. Learn more at amyleescott.com.
Amy Lee Scott
Nonfiction