Amanda M. Fairbanks is a journalist who has worked in the editorial department of TheNew York Times, as a reporter for HuffPost, and at TheEast Hampton Star, where she wrote investigative stories, features, and profiles. Her writing has also appeared in TheBoston Globe, Newsweek, TheAtlantic, and TheSan Francisco Chronicle. A graduate of Smith College and a former Teach for America corps member, she has two master's degrees from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and currently lives with her family in Sag Harbor.