Cortnee Howard

Infobox Person
full name = Cortnee Chanice Howard
birth_date = birth date and age|1989|10|17
occupation = Writer/Poet
home_town = Twinsburg, Ohio
website = http://www.cortneehoward.com

Cortnee Howard (born Cortnee Chanice Howard October 17 1989) is a French American [ [http://writernews.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/04/1634024-cortnee-howard-poetrys-next-big-thing Cortnee Howard: Poetry's Next Big Thing] ] teenage American poet and writer who was published shortly after her eighteenth birthday, while she was still in high school. [ [http://www.cortneehoward.com/extended_bio.html About Cortnee Howard] ] Her debut collection of 40 poems, entitled "Fannin Street", earned the number two spot on the Seattle Review of Books' top picks for December 2007. [ [http://www.pr.com/press-release/61775 Seattle Review of Books Announces Top Picks for December 2007] ] It has been described as and "indie-cult collection of poetry". [ [http://writernews.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/04/1634024-cortnee-howard-poetrys-next-big-thing Cortnee Howard: Poetry's Next Big Thing] ] Howard did not start writing poetry until after she entered the 10th grade, when she took an advanced poetry course at a local college. Howard titled her first book after a street in the medical area of downtown Houston. [ [http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/17965 Paper Street Publishes Texas Teen] ]

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