Amy Dickinson
Seven days a week, letter after letter, Amy Dickinson applies an objective eye to reader problems large and small in "ASK AMY: Advice for the real world."
Dickinson succeeds the legendary Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) as the Chicago Tribune's signature advice columnist. Chicago Tribune editor Gerould Kern said: “Amy understands the personal issues affecting millions of people in their everyday lives and offers grounded advice for healthy, lasting relationships. She’s also a terrific storyteller.” As an advice columnist, Amy uses her talents as a journalist and her personal experiences to answer each question with the care and attention she would devote to her closest friends. Her advice is rooted in honesty and trust, traits she applies to her writing and her life.
Before joining the Chicago Tribune, Dickinson (a distant relative of the poet Emily Dickinson) penned a column on family issues for TIME magazine and had been regularly featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." A weekly column, carried on AOL's News Channels, frequently drew from her experience as a single parent and member of a large, extended family. In addition, she has appeared as a social commentator on CBS' "Sunday Morning."
Dickinson, who grew up on a small dairy farm in New York, currently lives in Chicago with her teenage daughter. A graduate of Georgetown University, Dickinson also has worked as a producer for NBC News and as a freelance writer for publications such as The Washington Post, Esquire and O magazine.
Amy Dickinson Samples
Friends go silent during hospital stay
DEAR AMY: I am having a hard time forgiving my friends and could use some help. I have what I thought was a great circle of friends -- five couples who do a lot of family things and take vacations together.
Dad's dilemma is with divorce and disclosure
DEAR AMY: I have been putting off a divorce for far too long for various reasons. I have been married for 25 years. We put on an act for others, including our two children, so no one knows how bad our marriage is.
Military man thinks cousin belongs in the brig
DEAR AMY: I have a cousin who has been close to me throughout the years. I am in the military and when I was away for training I came home and found that most of my clothes were missing!
It's time for this woman to say, 'check, please'
DEAR AMY: I'm a 50-year-old man and I find myself lost in a difficult situation. I've been dating a 50-year-old woman for almost four months.
Husband under house arrest wants full pardon
DEAR AMY: I have been married for 34 years but am in love with another woman. My wife begged me to stay and my grown children threatened to disown me and prevent me from seeing my grandchild if I left the marriage.
Wife's anger is damaging to the child
DEAR AMY: My wife has a tendency to take her frustrations out on me, to the point of lecturing me about things that I have not even done.
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