Amity Pierce Buxton

AMITY PIERCE BUXTON, Ph.D., founded the Straight Spouse Network and served as its Executive Director from 1991 to 2007. Her books include Unseen-Unheard: Straight Spouses from Trauma to Transformation and The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families.

Buxton holds a Ph.D. in English and Education from Columbia University and a B.A. from Marymount College. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bisexuality and the Journal of GLBT Family Studies and is a member of the American Psychological Association.

When not writing, Buxton works as an educator and advocate, having taught from elementary through graduate level and trained teachers in school desegregation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work draws directly on her own experience as a straight spouse.

Amity Pierce Buxton’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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