Amy Bloom and Brian Ameche

Amy Bloom and Brian A. Ameche were married yesterday at their home in Durham, Conn. The Rev. Kathleen McTigue, a Unitarian Universalist minister, officiated.
The bride, 54, is keeping her name. She is the author of five books including the novel “Away” (Random House, 2007), and an adjunct professor of creative writing at Yale. She is also an executive producer, a writer and a creator of the Lifetime Network television series “State of Mind.” Ms. Bloom graduated from Wesleyan University and received a master’s degree in social work from Smith. She is a daughter of Murray Teigh Bloom of Branford, Conn., and the late Sydelle Bloom. Her father was, until his retirement, a freelance magazine writer. He also wrote six books, including “The Trouble With Lawyers” (Simon & Schuster, 1968). Her mother wrote for magazines as well, and was a radio and television columnist for the Newhouse Syndicate.
The bridegroom, also 54, is an architect with Marx/Okubo, a real estate investment consulting firm in Farmington, Conn. He is also the chairman of Durham’s Conservation Commission. He graduated from Yale and has a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota. He is a son of Yvonne Ameche Davis of Berwyn, Pa., and the late Alan Ameche. His father was a football star at the University of Wisconsin and won the Heisman Trophy in 1954. He played for the Baltimore Colts from 1955 to 1960, and scored in overtime to defeat the New York Giants in the National Football League’s 1958 championship game. The bridegroom is the stepson of the late Glenn Davis, a halfback who played for Army and won the Heisman Trophy in 1946.
The couple’s previous marriages each ended in divorce.