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Amy M. Homes (pen name A. M. Homes; born December 18, 1961, Washington, D.C.) is an American writer. She is best known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer. She has also written a memoir, The Mistress's Daughter (2007). Her most recent novel, May We Be Forgiven, was published by Viking Books on September 27, 2012. The first chapter of the novel appeared in Granta's 100th issue edited by William Boyd, and was selected by Salman Rushdie for The Best American Short Stories 2008.

CAREER:
Her work has been translated into twenty-two languages and appears frequently in Art Forum, Harpers,…

NOVELS:
1989 - Jack
1993 - In a Country of Mothers
1996 - The End of Alice
1996 - Appendix A: an elaboration on the novel The End of Alice
1999 - Music for Torching
2006 - This Book Will Save Your Life
2012 - May We Be Forgiven

STORY COLLECTIONS:
1990 - The Safety of Objects
2002 - Things You Should Know

NON-FICTION:
2002 - Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill
2007 - The Mistress's Daughter

Homes is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Cullman Center Fellowship from the New York Public Library, a Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, National Foundation for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. Her work has been translated into 22 languages.
In June 2013, she won the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction) for her novel May We Be Forgiven.

2001 - The Safety of Objects, directed by Rose Troche
2004 - Jack, directed by Lee Rose