Amy Fontinelle is a freelance writer and editor with clients located across the United States and in Canada. She has written over 300 published articles and blog posts for a variety of national and local publications and websites on topics including travel, restaurants, food and drink, fitness, budgeting, credit management, real estate, investing, and historic preservation. Her articles have been featured on the homepage of Yahoo! and on Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! HotJobs, several local news websites, and Forbes.com. 

As a content editor and regular contributing writer to Investopedia, a personal finance and investing website owned by Forbes, Amy has written articles on a wide range of topics including socially responsible investing, the pros and cons of participating in the volunteer corps, and how to handle an unexpected tax bill. Investopedia receives about three million unique visitors per month. 

Amy also writes for Two Pennies Earned, her own personal finance website, and is an occasional contributing writer to PF Advice, one of the web's leading personal finance blogs.

Amy is also a top-notch proofreader, copy editor, and substantive editor. She has over six years of professional experience editing documents such as product catalogs, company brochures, and corporate memos. She has edited high-stakes correspondence for clients in both the private and public sectors. Amy also edits papers and articles on public policy and articles on personal finance.

Additionally, Amy is the author of Disappearing St. Louis,  a book presenting 55 color images captured over a three-year period in the city of St. Louis. The photos depict the poor conditions of homes, churches, and commercial buildings across the city in historic neighborhoods such as Old North St. Louis, Vandeventer, Fountain Park, Academy, JeffVanderLou, and Hyde Park. The book was accepted to St. Louis's annual Rock 'n' Roll Craft Show in 2008 and 2009.

As a writer, Amy is known for her well-informed, entertaining, conversational pieces, and as an editor, she is known for her relentless attention to detail and honest, thoughtful comments. In either line of work, she can turn around an assignment on a tight deadline with no complaints.

Amy earned her BA in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was on the dean's list and graduated with college honors in just three years. She also holds a minor in art and spent a semester abroad in Madrid.

In her free time, Amy enjoys traveling, reading with her cats, long bike rides, and trying new restaurants. Amy is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of German and French.

Amy welcomes inquiries about freelance writing and editing opportunities, licensing of her photography, custom print orders, and advertising on Two Pennies Earned.