Heather McGowan

Heather McGowan
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American

Heather McGowan is an American writer. She is the author of the novels Schooling[1] and The Duchess of Nothing.[2] According to her publisher Bloomsbury USA, Schooling was named Best Book of the Year by Newsweek, the Detroit Free Press, and the Hartford Courant.[3] She also co-wrote the screenplay for Tadpole. McGowan received an MFA from Brown University.[4] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.[5]

References

  1. ^ Eric Weinberger (June 24, 2001). "School Daze". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3DF1631F937A15755C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2007-11-04. 
  2. ^ Ligaya Mishan (April 15, 2006). "Poppins Meets Plath". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16mishan.html?_r=1&ex=1180238400&en=7db9519442c4445e&ei=5070&oref=login. Retrieved 2007-11-04. 
  3. ^ Duchess of Nothing page on Bloomsbury USA website
  4. ^ Hillary Rosner (May 2001). "Writers on the Verge: Our Spotlight on Up-and-Coming Authors". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/vls/175/verge.shtml. Retrieved 2007-11-04. 
  5. ^ Hirsh Sawhney (February 2006). "Prose Culture: Heather McGowan, Duchess of Nothing (Bloomsbury March 2006)". The Brooklyn Rail. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16mishan.html?_r=1&ex=1180238400&en=7db9519442c4445e&ei=5070&oref=login. Retrieved 2007-11-04.