Nina MacLaughlin

{{short description|American writer}}

Nina MacLaughlin is an American writer.{{Cite web |url=http://flavorwire.com/510318/how-a-journalist-becomes-a-carpenter-nina-maclaughlin-on-hammer-head |title=How a Journalist Becomes a Carpenter: Nina MacLaughlin on 'Hammer Head' |last= |first= |date=2015-03-23 |website=Flavor Wire |publisher= |language=en-US |access-date=}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nina-maclaughlin/hammer-head/|title=HAMMER HEAD by Nina MacLaughlin {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}} Her memoir Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, discusses her decision to restart her career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/03/28/review-hammer-head-the-making-carpenter-nina-maclaughlin/urXNzMN4TBjysnqVBSYswK/story.html|title=Review of "Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter" by Nina MacLaughlin|last=|first=|date=|website=The Boston Globe|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3043691/the-recommender/thinking-of-making-a-major-career-change-read-this-memoir-first|title=Thinking Of A Major Career Change? Read This Memoir First|last=|first=|date=2015-03-16|website=Fast Company|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/27/hammer-head-nina-maclaughlin-ew-review|title='Hammer Head' by Nina MacLaughlin: EW review|last=|first=|date=|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=|access-date=}} MacLaughlin's work has also been published in Boston Magazine, LA Review of Books, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and The Boston Globe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/article/2013/10/29/andre-dubus-iii-dirty-love/|title=Baser Natures: Andre Dubus III Talks Life, New Book 'Dirty Love'|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Boston Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/nina-maclaughlin/ |title=Nina MacLaughlin - Los Angeles Review of Books|last=|first=|date=|website=LA Review of Books|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/author/12492/nina-maclaughlin/|title=Nina MacLaughlin|last=|first=|date=|website=Cosmopolitan|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/nina-maclaughlin|title=Nina MacLaughlin|last=|first=|date=|website=Huffington Post|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors.html|title=Nina MacLaughlin|last=|first=|date=|website=The Daily Beast|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504231516/http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors.html|archive-date=2017-05-04|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2016/05/15/short-peculiar-astonishing-book-about-babies/56lup7grvPziKo4A4ct61N/story.html|title=A short, peculiar, astonishing book about babies|last=|first=|date=|website=The Boston Globe|publisher=|access-date=}} She was also recognized in Refiner29's list of "21 New Authors You Need to Know."{{Cite web|url=http://www.refinery29.com/best-new-authors-2015#slide-7|title=The Best 21 New Authors To Read Now|last=|first=|date=|website=Refinery29|publisher=|access-date=}} MacLaughlin won the 2024 Massachussetts Center of the Book award for her nonfiction book Winter Solstice.{{Cite web |title=ANNOUNCING THE 2024 MASS BOOK AWARD WINNERS |url=https://www.massbook.org/campaigns/view-campaign/iiC6H3hlJO9Yg1_FqiGl5I17m8cIlOHCQo6QGvdpZdFhFufOs_nxUCIpLTymiX88Z9dy9VpAn8k0U8AtLc2bu98gxbIVgUR0}}