Amy Koppelman

Amy Koppelman is the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Mouthful of Air, I Smile Back, and Hesitation Wounds, a 2016 Independent Publisher Book Award winner. She produced and co-adapted the filmadaptation of I Smile Back, starring Sarah Silverman. Her latest film, A Mouthful of Air, was her first undertaking as a screenwriter, director, producer, and illustrator. She received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a fiction MFA from Columbia, where she is an Adjunct Professor. Koppelman lives in New York City with her family. She is an outspoken advocate for women's mental health.