Email Author Amy Silverman

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 20, 2011

  "Unbalanced"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Shadow Dwellers"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 11, 2008

  "Mommy Dearest"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 16, 2008

  "Love the War, Neglect the Warrior"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 14, 2008

  "The Daily Show"

• 2007 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 2, 2006

  "Teenage Wasteland"

• 2006 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published November 25, 2004

  "Up the Down Staircase"

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2003 Stories by Amy Silverman

• Cool Tips

  published December 4, 2003

  Craig and Kris DeMarco preside over one of the coolest corners in town. First they opened Postino, a beautifully appointed wine bar in an old... More >>

• The Cool Index

  published December 4, 2003

  A few years back, Sloane McFarland did something a lot of creative young people from Phoenix do. He left. And then he did something unusual.... More >>

• Legally Brown

  published October 30, 2003

  The blondes are out in force for Amanda Brown's book party. On a hot Phoenix evening in late September, hundreds of people are crowded into... More >>

• Worse Than Ever

  published October 2, 2003

  Another teenager in the care of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections has tried to kill himself. On September 21, a boy assigned to... More >>

• Gentle Exit

  published August 21, 2003

  More than a year into a federal investigation of alleged abuse of children in his agency's custody, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections... More >>

• Paralyzed in Paradise

  published May 1, 2003

  Heather Grossman tells a classic tale of domestic abuse. She says her husband John spit in her face, slapped her, tossed garbage on her bed, threw... More >>

• Slammed Again

  published April 17, 2003

  The state ombudsman's office has concluded that the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections failed to conduct an adequate investigation into... More >>

• Suicide Watch

  published April 3, 2003

  On the morning of Sunday, March 23, Roy Roman Jr. looped a belt around his neck and hanged himself at Adobe Mountain School. He is the third boy... More >>

• Lost Hearts

  published March 27, 2003

  Dr. Arnie Serota was furious. On February 27, 2002, a young man had fallen while rock climbing at Mount Lemmon near Tucson. He died of a head... More >>

• Code Squawkers

  published March 6, 2003

  Phoenix has long been considered a developer's paradise. But a proposal making its way quickly through City Hall would make life hell, say... More >>

• Heaven Help The Child

  published February 27, 2003

  2003 is shaping up to be the Year of the Child in Arizona. But don't expect the lives of the state's children to get any better. It's only... More >>

• Schoolhouse Shock

  published February 13, 2003

  School district officials and consultants have a warning for the young families buying up houses in the new developments ringing the Valley: Don't... More >>

• Dust Up in Sun City

  published January 30, 2003

  Last April, the doctors gave James Manak some painkillers and sent him home to die. After months of unexplained chest pain and difficulty... More >>

• Judging Stanley

  published January 23, 2003

  For the past 20 years, a liberal Jew from Tucson has had as much impact on life in Arizona as anyone. While Republican governors were being... More >>

• Raising Arizona State

  published January 2, 2003

  At a time when officials were leaving faculty positions vacant, firing secretaries and talking about raising tuition as much as $1,000 per... More >>