About Me

Amy Soscia earned her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy from NYU and worked as a Dance/Movement Therapist at the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT.

She went on to earn an MS in Occupational Therapy from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. She worked as an Occupational Therapy Supervisor with a specialty in Traumatic Brain Injury at Connecticut Valley Hospital

More recently, Amy earned an MFA in Writing from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut.

She has been published in anthologies, literary journals, and newsletters.

Amy has finally finished her debut novel "The Frozen Game." Stay tuned for publication information!

My Published Work

"Life on the Ledge"

2023 Wild Women Story Contest Grand Prize Winner.

Contest sponsored by Tulip Tree Press

West Highland White Terrier Society of CT

"Connecticut Dog Magazine," Fall 2022

"Death Row Dog"

Short Story- Fiction published in The Year's Best Dog Stories 2021 (Anthology).

"Second Chances"

Flash Fiction published in Fredericksburg Literary Arts Review, Vol 6, Issue 1, Spring & Summer 2018.

"What Remains"

Flash Fiction published in Down in The Dirt print edition March 2017 V-143.

Published online at "Down in The Dirt" 5/2016 https://scars.tv/cgi-bin/framesmain.pl?writers

"A Sweet Aversion"

Short Story Fiction published in 100 Voices Anthology Vol. II, 2016.

"The Soldier Is My Side-Walker"

Nonfiction Short Story published in Chicken Soup for The Soul Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injuries, 6/2014.

"April is OT Month"

Nonfiction Article published in "Hoofprints Newsletter," Spring One 2013.

"TRRC Welcomes Dan Stein, Soldier and Side-Walker"

Nonfiction Article published in "Hoofprints Newsletter," Winter Four 2012

"Equipped for Life"

Essay published in April 2010 Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association Newsletter" & on https://www.aboutcapa.org

"A Pair of Jacks"

Flash Fiction published in 898- A Literary Review published by East Hampton Public Library, April 2009.

"Pet Loss: A Personal Journey"

Nonfiction Article Published in "The Bagpiper- Bimonthly Publication of the West Highland White Terrier Society of Connecticut, Inc., Vol. 12, Issue 6, November-December 2008.

Reprinted in "The Westie Imprint- Official Publication of the West Highland White Terrier Club of America," Vol. XXV, No. 1, Spring 2009.

Reprinted in "The Plaid Piper," Newsletter of the Scottish Terrier Club of Chicago, Inc., May-June 2009.