Julie Hecht
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| occupation = short story writer and novelist
| nationality = American
| period = 1989—
| genre = fiction
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| notableworks = Do the Windows Open? (1997)
The Unprofessionals (2003)
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}}Julie Hecht is a contemporary American fiction writer specializing in interlacing short stories.{{cite news|last1=Kalan|first1=Megan|last2=Zaleski|first2=Jeff|title=The Nature of Writing|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/10616100/nature-writing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004003/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/10616100/nature-writing|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|accessdate=8 May 2015|publisher=Publishers Weekly (subscription required)|date= August 18, 2003}}{{cite journal|last1=Scherer|first1=Logan|title=Julie Hecht and the Obsessive Pleasures of Regional Fiction|journal=J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists|date=Fall 2014|volume=2|issue=2|pages=207–214|doi=10.1353/jnc.2014.0024|s2cid=159963207|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/the_journal_of_nineteenth_century_americanists/v002/2.2.scherer.html|accessdate=8 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}
Personal life
Hecht has purposely revealed very little about her personal life. According to her publisher's website, she lives in the winter on the east end of Long Island, New York, and spends summer and fall in Massachusetts.{{cite web|title=Julie Hecht|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Julie-Hecht/45868251|publisher=Simon & Schuster|accessdate=8 May 2015}} In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Hecht said that the good reaction she got from her fellow schoolchildren gave her the idea to keep writing. "It's nice to look at a group of people and see them all smiling and laughing," she said. Hecht is somewhat reclusive about publicity, rarely giving interviews and avoiding the internet. She prefers to write by hand, sitting on a couch, and faxing her work back and forth to a typist for editing.
Awards
- O. Henry Award for "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (1979, third prize){{cite web|title=Past Winners List|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/winners/past.html|publisher=Random House|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
Bibliography
- Do the Windows Open? (1997){{cite book|title=Do the Windows Open? (review)|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Do-the-Windows-Open-Julie-Hecht/pid=1010292|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
- Was This Man a Genius?: Talks with Andy Kaufman (2001){{cite web|last1=Nellins|first1=Andrew|title=JULIE HECHT (interview)|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200805/?read=interview_hecht|publisher=Believer Magazine|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
- The Unprofessionals: A Novel (2003){{cite book|title=The Unprofessionals (review)|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Unprofessionals-Julie-Hecht/pid=1143928|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
- Happy Trails to You: Stories (2008){{cite web|last1=Long|first1=Karen R.|title='The Ayatollah Begs to Differ' from Hooman Majd sheds light on modern Iran: New in Paperback|date=August 30, 2009|url=http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2009/08/the_ayatollah_begs_to_differ_f.html|publisher=Plain Dealer|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/julie-hecht Hecht's work] with The New Yorker
- [http://harpers.org/author/juliehecht/ Hecht's work] with Harper's Magazine
- [http://thegiganticmag.com/magazine/articleDetail.php?p=articleDetail&id=143 Interview] with Gigantic
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