Amy Mackelden

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Location
United Kingdom
School
Cardiff University, Sunderland University
Expertise
Traveling With A Disability, Movie Location Tours, New York
  • Amy conducts interviews for several Static Media brands, including Looper, The List, Nicki Swift, and Explore.
  • As a disabled person, she is interested in writing about accessible travel options and disability-friendly vacations.
  • She loves researching and traveling to locations where movies and TV shows have been filmed.

Experience

As an entertainment journalist, Amy has written for ELLE, Harper's BAZAAR, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, Heat, HelloGiggles, Shondaland, The Guardian, and Bustle. Amy regularly writes about her experience as a disabled person living with multiple sclerosis, ADHD, PCOS, and anxiety, with bylines at Healthline, Byrdie, the MS Society, The Paper Gown, and SingleCare. She co-edited The Emma Press Anthology of Illness and had an essay published in Routledge's HBO's Original Voices: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power.

Education

Amy holds a degree in English literature and an M.A. in the teaching and practice of creative writing, both from Cardiff University. She also holds a teaching qualification from Sunderland University and undertook Columbia University's short course in narrative medicine in 2019.

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