Katie Heaney
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Katie Heaney (born 1986) is an author and former BuzzFeed editor and senior writer for The Cut.{{cite news |last1=Korn |first1=Gabrielle |title=Katie Heaney Has Written The Queer Teen Romance Novel We Needed |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/interview-katie-heaney-queer-romance-novel-book |access-date=5 June 2021 |work=www.refinery29.com |date=7 April 2020}} Her books include Never Have I Ever, Dear Emma, Would You Rather?, Girl Crushed, and The Year I Stopped Trying.
Career
Heaney's first book, written while she was working as an editor at BuzzFeed, was Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date, published in 2014. The memoir chronicles her life up til age 25 and recounts how she had not, before that point, had a boyfriend.{{Cite web |last=Waldman |first=Katy |date=2014-02-04 |title=Books: Like, Ever |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/02/katie-heaneys-never-have-i-ever-reviewed.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=North |first=Anna |date=2014-01-16 |title=When being single isn't a problem to be solved |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/01/15/when_being_single_isnt_a_problem_to_be_solved/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Salon |language=en}} In 2016, Heaney's modernization of Jane Austen's Emma was published.{{cite news |last1=Espiritu |first1=Camille |date=2016-08-13 |title=Book Review: "Dear Emma" by Katie Heaney {{!}} The Young Folks |url=https://www.theyoungfolks.com/review/84842/book-review-dear-emma-by-katie-heaney/ |access-date=5 June 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Candace |date=2016-03-11 |title='Dear Emma' book review: Brooding, college-age twist on Jane Austen novel |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/dear-emma-brooding-college-age-twist-jane-austen-article-1.2559211 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=nydailynews.com}} In 2018, Heaney published a second memoir, Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out. Would You Rather? deals with Heaney's path to coming out and realizing her sexuality.{{Cite web |last=Schlichenmeyer |first=Terri |date=2018-03-29 |title=Lesbian memoir 'Would You Rather?' traces long path to self discovery |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/03/29/lesbian-memoir-rather-traces-long-path-self-discovery/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Washington Blade |language=en-US}} Her first YA novel, Girl Crushed, was published in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-19 |title=Girl Crushed - Review |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katie-heaney/girl-crushed/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Kirkus}} Her second YA novel, The Year I Stopped Trying, was published in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Katie |first=Heaney |title=The Year I Stopped Trying |url=https://www.slj.com/review/the-year-i-stopped-trying |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=School Library Journal}} In 2021, Heaney published a controversial article in the Cut titled, "The Memory War."{{Cite web |date=2021-01-06 |title=The Memory War - Review |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/false-memory-syndrome-controversy.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=The Cut}} Shortly after, fellow journalist Carrie Poppy released a series of letters to the editor on Medium, including one from memory expert Elizabeth Loftus, demonstrating a large number of factual and contextual errors committed by Heaney in her recount of statements made by her interviewees and her summary of memory research.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=The Letters New York Magazine Hasn't Printed - Review |url=https://carriepoppyyes.medium.com/four-letters-new-york-magazine-hasnt-printed-88e08e94db5f |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Medium}}
Personal life
Heaney was born and raised in St. Paul and Shoreview, Minnesota.{{cite news |last1=Goetzman |first1=Amy |title=Katie Heaney writes the book of unlove |url=https://www.minnpost.com/books/2014/02/katie-heaney-writes-book-unlove/ |access-date=5 June 2021 |work=MinnPost |date=2014-02-14}} She came out as gay at age 28 in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Iversen |first1=Kristin |title=Katie Heaney On Coming Out In Her 20s And The Enduring Appeal Of Harry Styles |language=en |work=Nylon |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/katie-heaney-would-you-rather-interview |access-date=5 June 2021}} From 2019 to 2023, Heaney was married to Lydia Jackson.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Miya |date=2021-08-13 |title=Maybe Don't Trust an Online Quiz With Your Personal Life |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/style/modern-love-episode-5-katie-heaney.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |last1=Finke |first1=Leigh |title="What Took So Long?": Coming Out When You're Well Into Adulthood |url=https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2018/05/03/what-took-so-long-coming-out-when-youre-well-into-adulthood |access-date=5 June 2021 |work=YES! Magazine |date=3 May 2018}}https://www.twitter.com/KTHeaney/status/1622732062737465344 She now lives in Los Angeles.
Works
- Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date (2014){{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Katy |date=2014-02-04 |title=Memoirist Katie Heaney Wants to Be Your Best Friend |language=en |work=Slate Magazine |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/02/katie-heaneys-never-have-i-ever-reviewed.html |access-date=5 June 2021}}
- Dear Emma (2016)
- Public Relations (2017 – with Arianna Rebolini){{cite news |last1=Jarema |first1=Kerri |date=8 August 2019 |title=I'm So Jealous You Get To Read 'Public Relations' by Katie Heaney & Arianna Rebolini For The First Time |language=en |work=Bustle |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/im-so-jealous-you-get-to-read-public-relations-by-katie-heaney-arianna-rebolini-for-the-first-time-18550057 |access-date=5 June 2021}}
- Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out (2018){{cite news |last1=Heaney |first1=Katie |title=Hooking Up With Guys Gave Me Anxiety. Then, at 28, I Slept With a Woman. |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a18567288/katie-heaney-coming-out-would-you-rather-book-excerpt/ |access-date=5 June 2021 |work=Cosmopolitan |date=2018-02-26}}
- Girl Crushed (2020)
- The Year I Stopped Trying (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-09-29 |title=The Year I Stopped Trying - Review |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katie-heaney/the-year-i-stopped-trying/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Kirkus}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.katieheaney.com/ katieheaney.com]
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Category:Writers from Minnesota
Category:American LGBTQ novelists
Category:American young adult novelists
Category:American lesbian writers
Category:American women writers of young adult literature
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