Amy Wallace (July 3, 1955 – August 10, 2013) was an American writer.
Wallace is best known for her books of lists, with topics that ranged from the rare, curious and unusual to crime and horror.
In 1977, she lived in Berkeley on her brother's commune and during school breaks, worked with him and their father on what was to become a bestseller, The Book of Lists.
She also wrote The Prodigy, a biography of William James Sidis, published in 1986, and an erotic novel, Desire (1990).
The book was the first to reveal the private life of Castaneda, and detailed his hitherto mysterious "inner circle" of women who lived with him on a closed compound.