Amy Hunt (May 1, 1990, in Lexington, KY) is a teenage American writer. She currently attends Henry Clay High School and plans to graduate in the spring of 2008.

RED

Her essay about body image, entitled "Sleeves", was published in November 2007 in RED: The Next Generation of American Writers — Teenage Girls — On What Fires Up Their Lives Today. RED is an anthology of essays written by teenage girls which has been critically acclaimed<ref>http://redthebook.com/cs/about/press/</ref>, and has garnered positive reviews on sites like Amazon and Salon.<ref>http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/07/teen_girls/</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.com/review/product/1594630402/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1</ref> Her classmate Saskia Boggs is also published in the book with an essay about television.

Like the other RED authors, Amy now hosts a blog on the website. She is currently has a novel in the works.

Music

Hunt is also part of two musical groups: The Wands, a wizard rock band started in the fall of 2005, and The Literatures, a book rock band started in the spring of 2006. The Literatures have since released two CDs: I Wish I Had A Salad Named After Me! and Songs for the Literate and Illiterate.

They have played in the Accio Wrock! concert series at the Lexington Public Library, as well as at Undergrounds, the concert fundraiser hosted annually by the HCHS literary magazine (of which Hunt is an editor).

External Links

The Official RED Website

RED on Amazon

The Wands at Myspace

The Literatures at Myspace