Amy Danzer manages several master’s programs at Northwestern University, including the MFA in Prose and Poetry program. She directs NU’s Summer Writers’ Conference and Chicago’s Printers Row Literary Festival. She serves on the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors and NU’s One Book One Northwestern Steering Committee. On the side, she writes book reviews and interviews authors for Newcity, The Rumpus, at book stores, and at literary festivals.