Amy Binns-Calvey lives, works (and rides) in the Chicago area. This past fall, she was a contributing author on Des Plaines River Anthology published by Allium Press of Chicago. She is a co-author/original cast member of the long-running Flanagan's Wake published by Dramatic Publishing. Other playwriting credits include Roasting Chestnuts, The Naked Show, and I Didn't Know George Gershwin Played the Piano. Amy is also a contributing author on several scholarly articles researching the impact of patient context in medical care published in medical journals including JAMA and the Annals of Internal Medicine. She has written articles for local papers The Forest Park Review and The Oak Leaves. Amy is a member of the Dramatists Guild of American and is a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists.