Amy Waldman

Amy Waldman (born May 21, 1969) is an American author and journalist. She was a reporter with "The New York Times" for a total of eight years. For three years she was co-chief of the South Asia bureau. Before that she covered Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and the aftermath of 9/11.
Her first novel, "The Submission", was published in 2011. According to a review of the book in "The Guardian", the novel tackles the fallout from 9/11 attacks. The novel was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award in 2011. It lost out narrowly to Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies".
Waldman was also a national correspondent with "The Atlantic", has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and won a Berlin Prize in 2010 from the American Academy in Berlin.
"The Submission".
Amy Waldman's first novel, "The Submission", was published in 2011 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and received mostly positive reviews. The plot revolves around events after the 9/11 attacks when a Muslim architect wins a blind contest to design a Ground Zero Memorial.
Some of the awards and honors received include: