Amy Wallace

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Amy Wallace
Born Amy Deborah Wallace
July 3, 1955
Los Angeles, United States[1]
Died August 10, 2013(2013-08-10) (aged 58)
Los Angeles, United States
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Period 1976–2013
Spouse(s) Josef Marc
Partner(s) Scott Bradley[2]
Relative(s) David Wallechinsky, brother

Amy Wallace (July 3, 1955 – August 10, 2013[3]) was an American writer. She was the daughter of writers Irving Wallace and Sylvia Wallace and the sister of writer and populist historian David Wallechinsky.

Career

In 1977, she was living in Berkeley on her brother's commune during school breaks and working for him[citation needed] and their father on what was to become a #1 bestseller, The Book of Lists. The book ran to three editions with her father and brother, one of which featured her mother.

She used the lists format in two further books not written with her family. In 2007, she compiled The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists with Handsome Dick Manitoba and the following year she co-wrote The Book of Lists: Horror with Del Howison and her boyfriend Scott Bradley.

She also wrote an erotic novel, Desire in 1990.

Personal life

She was married to Josef Marc.[citation needed] She had a relationship with Carlos Castaneda which she wrote about in her memoir, Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda published in 2003.

She died, aged 58, from a heart condition in August 2013.[4]

Wallace was a cat lover with her own site.[5]

Bibliography

  • The Book of Lists. William Morrow, 1977. (with Irving Wallace and David Wallechinsky)
  • The Two: The Story of the Original Siamese Twins. Simon & Schuster, 1978. (with Irving Wallace)
  • The Psychic Healing Book. Delacorte Press, 1978. (with Bill Henkin)
  • The Book of Lists #2. William Morrow, 1980. (with Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Sylvia Wallace)
  • The Book of Predictions. William Morrow, 1980. (with David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace)
  • The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People. Delacorte, 1981. (with Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Sylvia Wallace)
  • The Book of Lists #3. William Morrow, 1983. (with David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace)
  • Significa. Dutton, 1983. (with Irving Wallace and David Wallechinsky)
  • The Prodigy: A Biography of William James Sidis, America's Greatest Child Prodigy. Dutton, 1986.
  • Desire. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. ISBN 0395519519
  • The Book of Lists: The '90s Edition. Little, Brown, 1993. (with David Wallechinsky)
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda. North Atlantic Books, 2003. ISBN 978-1583940761.
  • The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists. Backbeat Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0879309190. (with Handsome Dick Manitoba)
  • The Book of Lists: Horror. Harper, 2008. (with Del Howison and Scott Bradley)

References

  1. ↑ "Amy Deborah Wallace, Born 07/03/1955 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. July 3, 1955. Retrieved August 28, 2013. 
  2. ↑ The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists,
  3. ↑ Crew, Adrienne (August 16, 2013). "Amy Wallace, RIP – Native Intelligence". Laobserved.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013. 
  4. ↑ August 19, 2013, 11:09 p.m. (August 19, 2013). "PASSINGS: Lee Thompson Young, Amy Wallace, Cedar Walton". latimes.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Cats in Cute Places by Amy Wallace". Catsincuteplaces.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013. 

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