Amy Dickinson

Amy Dickinson joined Chicago Tribune in July 2003 as the newspaper's signature general advice columnist. “Ask Amy” appears in around 200 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to the Tribune, Dickinson wrote a column on parenting for Time Magazine, provided commentary for National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” and to “Sunday Morning” on CBS. She worked as a producer for NBC News in New York and Washington, D.C., and has written for The Washington Post, Esquire, Allure and O magazine, among other publications. Dickinson hails from the Finger Lakes region of New York and is a distant relative of poet Emily Dickinson. She is a graduate of Georgetown University. Dickinson's “Ask Amy” column runs seven days a week. A collection of her columns, titled “Ask Amy: Advice for Better Living,” was published in 2013. Her memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Story of Surprising Second Chances,” is a New York Times best-seller. She is also a panelist on NPR’s popular comedy quiz show, “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.”