She graduated from Hunter College High School,[2] and attended Harvard University, where she received an AB in Social Studies.

She became a staff writer in 2015[4] and focuses on politics and international affairs.

[6] Amy Davidson and David James Sorkin, the general counsel of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, were married on June 24, 2017, in a Jewish ceremony in Manhattan at the New-York Historical Society.

[1] Subsequently, she began to publish under the name Amy Davidson Sorkin.

[7][8] Davidson Sorkin's first marriage ended with the death of her husband.