Heather McGowan

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Heather McGowan is an American writer. She is the author of the novels "Schooling" [cite news
author = Eric Weinberger
title = School Daze
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3DF1631F937A15755C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
publisher = The New York Times
date = June 24, 2001
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] and "The Duchess of Nothing". [cite news
author = Ligaya Mishan
title = Poppins Meets Plath
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16mishan.html?_r=1&ex=1180238400&en=7db9519442c4445e&ei=5070&oref=login
publisher = The New York Times
date = April 15, 2006
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] According to her publisher Bloomsbury USA, "Schooling" was named Best Book of the Year by Newsweek, the Detroit Free Press, and the Hartford Courant. [ [http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/Catalogue/details.asp?y=2006&bm=1&em=4&isbn=9781596910669&cf=0 "Duchess of Nothing" page on Bloomsbury USA website] ] She also co-wrote the screenplay for "Tadpole". McGowan received an MFA from Brown University. [cite news
author = Hillary Rosner
title = Writers on the Verge: Our Spotlight on Up-and-Coming Authors
url = http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/vls/175/verge.shtml
publisher = The Village Voice
date = May 2001
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] She lives in Brooklyn, New York. [cite news
author = Hirsh Sawhney
title = Prose Culture: Heather McGowan, Duchess of Nothing (Bloomsbury March 2006)
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16mishan.html?_r=1&ex=1180238400&en=7db9519442c4445e&ei=5070&oref=login
publisher = The Brooklyn Rail
date = February 2006
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ]

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