Amanda Glassman is a screenwriter and playwright from Simsbury, Connecticut. She graduated from Yale University with a dual degree in History of Art and Political Philosophy, and received an MFA from the University of Oxford. Amanda has been a finalist for the Humanitas New Voices Program, the Ojai Film Festival, BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the PAGE Awards, and winner of multiple short story competitions. She was named to the Tracking Board's 2015 Young and Hungry List. She is also a contributor for the Huffington Post. She lives and works in Los Angeles and London.