Heather McGowan

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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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eric Weinberger. "School Daze", The New York Times, June 24, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  2. ^ Ligaya Mishan. "Poppins Meets Plath", The New York Times, April 15, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  3. ^ Duchess of Nothing page on Bloomsbury USA website
  4. ^ Hillary Rosner. "Writers on the Verge: Our Spotlight on Up-and-Coming Authors", The Village Voice, May 2001. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  5. ^ Hirsh Sawhney. "Prose Culture: Heather McGowan, Duchess of Nothing (Bloomsbury March 2006)", The Brooklyn Rail, February 2006. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 


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