Amy Gentile teaches Public Speaking and English at both the high school and college levels. She has completed several collections of poetry and also writes fiction, essays, and collegiate texts. She holds a Bachelor of Science in English and a Master of Arts in English Education from the University of Connecticut, and she recently earned a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction. Her social and sports commentaries have aired on WSHU and National Public Radio, and her poetry has appeared in Otoliths, Paper Nautilus, Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal, Letters to Lovers Zine, and other print and online journals. Effective Communication Now: An Updated Approach to Public Speaking is her first professionally published textbook.