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Amy Montgomery ’77

Amy Montgomery '77 was recently honored with a gold medal at the ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year awards ceremony, held at BookExpo America. Montgomery's novel, Just an Accident, is a record of the life of logger Scott Remington after he sustained spinal injury. The late actor Christopher Reeve praised her work as "captur[ing] not only the drama of an accidental tragedy but the power of the human spirit to overcome it. Montgomery, a CSS major at Wesleyan, holds a master's degree from the University of Michigan.
Amy Montgomery ’77 was recently honored with a gold medal at the ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year awards ceremony, held at BookExpo America. Montgomery’s novel, Just an Accident, is a record of the life of logger Scott Remington after he sustained spinal injury. The late actor Christopher Reeve praised her work as “captur[ing] not only the drama of an accidental tragedy but the power of the human spirit to overcome it. Montgomery, a CSS major at Wesleyan, holds a master’s degree from the University of Michigan.