1. Amy Dickinson was born on November 6,1959 and is a former American newspaper columnist who wrote the syndicated advice column Ask Amy.
18 Facts About Amy Dickinson
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Amy Dickinson was born and raised on a small dairy farm in Freeville, New York.
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Amy Dickinson attended Clark University in Worcester, MA, from 1977 to 1978 and transferred to Georgetown University.
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Amy Dickinson married Anthony Mason, a CBS News correspondent, in 1986.
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Amy Dickinson married Bruno Schickel, a builder from Dryden, New York, on August 16,2008.
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Amy Dickinson's articles have appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, Esquire, and O She wrote a column on family issues for Time, and produced a weekly column for AOL's News channels, drawing on her experiences as a single parent and member of a large, extended family.
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In 2003, Amy Dickinson succeeded Ann Landers as the Chicago Tribunes signature advice columnist.
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Amy Dickinson is a frequent panelist on the radio game show Wait Wait.
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Amy Dickinson has appeared on Car Talk with questions about how to respond to car problems in her column.
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In November 2016, Amy Dickinson announced the release of her second memoir, "Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home," coming in March 2017 from Hachette Books.
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On May 24,2024, Dickinson announced her retirement from writing the "Ask Amy" column, with its final installment to be published at the end of June 2024.
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Amy Dickinson asked readers to start sending letters to R Eric Thomas, writer of the Asking Eric advice column.
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On Monday, November 18,2013, Amy Dickinson ran a letter from a parent who wanted his son to "stop being gay" because the parent found it embarrassing.
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Amy Dickinson has a right to be accepted by his parents for being exactly who he is.
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In 2009, Amy Dickinson began asking her readers to wrap a book and put it on their children's beds on Christmas.
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Amy Dickinson asked readers of her column to give a book to a child on Christmas or whatever day they celebrated.
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Amy Dickinson said it could be new or a favorite book, but it should be wrapped at the foot of the child's bed.
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In 2019, Amy Dickinson joined with Children's Reading Connection, started in Ithaca, New York.