Amy Butcher is an American writer and essayist. Her memoir, Mothertrucker, was published from Amazon Publishing literary press Little A Books in 2022.[1] Her first book, Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder, was published in 2015. In August 2019, Makeready Films announced a film adaptation of Mothertrucker will be produced and directed by Jill Soloway and will star Julianne Moore.[2] In February 2020, the Ohio State Arts Council awarded excerpts of Mothertrucker an Individual Excellence Award.[3] In February 2024, the Ohio State Arts Council awarded excerpts of her new book an Individual Excellence Award.[4]