About Me

I bring my expertise in the art and science of pattern-finding, sense-making, and structuring information to the book you want to write.

Hi. I’m Amy.

I’ve spent more than 20 years in information transformation. In the publishing industry, I shepherded authors to publication and increased their exposure and sales. I edited colleagues’ work and published my own in academia and after. As a practicing anthropologist working in information architecture (IA), user experience (UX), and design, I collected, analyzed, and synthesized data so that others could solve business problems. Currently, I bring my expertise in the art and science of pattern-finding, sense-making, and structuring information to the book you want to write. I make the process manageable - and enjoyable. These are my superpowers.

You want to write a book but you aren’t sure how. You are skilled in multiple domains and can’t be defined by only one area of expertise. You have an unconventional, nontraditional, or nonlinear background that you are drawing on for your book. You feel you lack the expertise—and time—required to manage the monumental project of writing a book and getting it published. You feel stuck and overwhelmed. You are an expert in your field(s), but a book is more complex than anything you’ve written before.

Fear not!

If you want to write a book, such as:

  • Memoir that has a message,

  • Creative nonfiction that borrows, blends, or transcends forms,

  • Nonfiction that teaches what you know or imparts your brand of knowledge and experience from your personal perspective,

or some combination of the above, then I’m the book coach for you. I bring all my skill sets to you and the book you want to write, customized to your strengths, challenges, needs, and goals. You bring your passion and your willingness to work. Let’s make your book happen.

Official Bio

Amy Goldmacher is an anthropologist, a writer, and a book coach, which means her career has centered around transforming information for good. 

A traditionally published nonfiction author and Author Accelerator certified nonfiction book coach, she has coached writers from book ideas to polished, pitch-ready proposals and manuscripts that get agents and book deals. You can find her work on JaneFriedman.com, The Brevity Blog, Pipeline Media Group, and The New York Times, among others. 

Amy’s creative work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The New York Times, Essay Daily, The Gravity of the Thing, Five Minute Lit, and elsewhere. An excerpt from her glossary-form micro memoir was selected as the winner of the 2022 AWP Kurt Brown Prize in Creative Nonfiction. 

She has published on topics of anthropological work and careers; the most recent is the second edition of Designing An Anthropology Career: Professional Development Exercises from Rowman & Littlefield. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology with Honors from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. 

Originally from New York State, Amy has lived in 23 cities and 3 other countries (for at least one month). She called Michigan home for 20 years and currently lives in South Florida. She loves to travel with her husband, who wanted an Italian sports car but instead got two cats, Alfa (orange) & Romeo (white).