Amy Braunschweiger
Encyclopedia
Amy Braunschweiger is an American-born freelance writer and author of Taxi Confidential: Life, Death and 3 A.M. Revelations in New York City, published by 671 Press. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times
, Tango, The Wall Street Journal
, Worth, The Village Voice
and The New York Sun, and New York
magazine, among other publications. Her work has also appeared in Germany's Welt am Sonntag
and Leipziger Volkszeitung. Braunschweiger was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio
. She currently lives in the Brooklyn borough of New York City
.
Braunschweiger also serves on the five-member board that oversees the Vietnam Relief Effort, a charity
that has been involved in humanitarian public works projects in Vietnam
since 1999.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Tango, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, Worth, The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
and The New York Sun, and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
magazine, among other publications. Her work has also appeared in Germany's Welt am Sonntag
Welt am Sonntag
Welt am Sonntag is a German national Sunday newspaper published by Axel Springer AG, and established in 1948. Its head office is in Berlin, and it has local editions for Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf....
and Leipziger Volkszeitung. Braunschweiger was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
. She currently lives in the Brooklyn borough of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Braunschweiger also serves on the five-member board that oversees the Vietnam Relief Effort, a charity
Charitable organization
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that has been involved in humanitarian public works projects in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
since 1999.