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Amy Benfer
BN Review Contributor
Amy Benfer has worked as an editor and staff writer at Salon, Legal Affairs, and Paper magazine. Her reviews and features on books have appeared in Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Believer, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Times Book Review.
Latest Articles
- The Little Prince at Seventy, Reviews & Essays April 19, 2013
- Compulsive Reading: Young Adult Fiction in 2012, Reviews & Essays January 7, 2013
- The Last Dragonslayer, Reviews & Essays December 25, 2012
- Visionary Births, Reviews & Essays December 14, 2012
- Susan Straight: A World of Daughters, Interview November 14, 2012
- You Have to Take It Home: Daniel Handler on Lemony Snicket, Interview October 30, 2012
- The Tillerman Cycle, Reviews & Essays August 28, 2012
- Gone, Gone, Gone, Reviews & Essays August 1, 2012
- Ghost Estates: Tana French on Ireland after the Bubble, Interview July 24, 2012
- Between the Lines, Reviews & Essays July 13, 2012
- Hidden Talents: Summer Thrillers for Teens, Reviews & Essays June 25, 2012
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Reviews & Essays April 26, 2012
- Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, In Brief March 23, 2012
- Boy21, In Brief March 16, 2012
- "The Past is a Negotiation": Jeanette Winterson, Interview March 14, 2012
- The Disenchantments, In Brief March 9, 2012
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, In Brief March 2, 2012
- Steve Jobs: Thinking Differently, In Brief February 24, 2012
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, In Brief February 17, 2012
- The Fault in Our Stars, In Brief February 10, 2012
- Why We Broke Up, In Brief February 6, 2012
- Carrying Costs, Reviews & Essays January 27, 2012
- Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, In Brief January 20, 2012
- Still Waters, In Brief January 13, 2012
- The Pledge, In Brief January 6, 2012
- Getting Real: Best Young Adult Fiction of 2011, Reviews & Essays December 14, 2011
- The Brixton Brothers Series, In Brief December 2, 2011
- Past Perfect, In Brief November 25, 2011
- The Apothecary, In Brief November 18, 2011
- City of Orphans, In Brief November 11, 2011
- Burnout, In Brief November 4, 2011
- The Isle of Blood, In Brief October 28, 2011
- Wildwood, In Brief October 14, 2011
- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, In Brief October 7, 2011
- Perfect, In Brief September 30, 2011
- Chike and the River, In Brief September 23, 2011
- Dreams of Significant Girls, In Brief September 16, 2011
- America Pacifica, Reviews & Essays June 29, 2011
- The False Friend, Reviews & Essays October 11, 2010
- You Were Wrong, Reviews & Essays September 22, 2010
- On the Outskirts of Normal, Reviews & Essays June 7, 2010
- High Violet, In Brief May 26, 2010
- Us: Americans Talk About Love, In Brief March 29, 2010
- Girl Power, In Brief March 18, 2010
- Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness, Reviews & Essays March 3, 2010
- The Death of Bunny Munro, Reviews & Essays December 3, 2009
- Juliet, Naked, Reviews & Essays September 30, 2009
- The Love Children, In Brief September 7, 2009
- Everything Matters!, Reviews & Essays August 28, 2009
- Please Step Back, In Brief July 20, 2009
