Amy Clark is the author and co-editor of two forthcoming books, Success in Hill Country (The Napoleon Hill Foundation, 2012) and a collection of research and creative works about Appalachian speech to be released in the fall of 2012. Her award-winning writing has appeared in: Still, Appalachian Heritage, Blue Ridge Country Magazine, Appalachian Voices, With Good Reason radio, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tampa Tribune, Bristol Herald Courier, National Writing Project online, Journal of the Virginia Writing Project, Virginia Educational Leadership, and the anthology Motif v2: Come What May (Motes Books, 2011.)

Clark is the founding Director of the Appalachian Writing Project, a non-profit organization designed to promote reform in how writing is taught from Kindergarten to college to community. She is an Associate Professor of English (rhetoric and writing) at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, where she teaches courses in Appalachian studies, communication studies (theory, speech and sociolinguistics) and writing. She holds a doctorate in English (rhetoric, applied linguistics and writing) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in English literature from Virginia Tech.