- Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti (born
25 December 1976 ) is a Canadian writer.Heti, who was born in
Toronto ,Ontario , studied art history and philosophy at theUniversity of Toronto and playwriting at theNational Theatre School of Canada .Heti's novel, "Ticknor", was released in 2005. It borrows as its main characters
William Hickling Prescott andGeorge Ticknor , though it alters the facts of their lives. It was published by Anansi in Canada,Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the United States, and Editions Phebus in France. Her short story collection, "The Middle Stories", was published by House of Anansi in Canada andMcSweeney's in theUnited States , and translated into German, French, Spanish and Dutch.She is the creator of
Trampoline Hall , a popular lecture series based in Toronto and New York, at which people speak on subjects outside their areas of expertise. The New Yorker praised the series for "celebrating eccentricity and do-it-yourself inventiveness."She appears in
Margaux Williamson 's film, Teenager Hamlet 2006.Bibliography
* "The Middle Stories" (2001)
McSweeney's
* "Ticknor" (2005)Farrar, Straus & Giroux External links
* [http://www.sheilaheti.net Sheila Heti's website]
* [http://www.trampolinehall.net Trampoline Hall]
* [http://www.condalmo.typepad.com/condalmo/2007/04/interview_sheil.html Condalmo interview]
* [http://www.breaktech.net/EmergingWritersForum/View_Interview.aspx?id=175 Interview with Dan Wickett]
* [http://www.sheilaheti.net/cbcinterview.html Audio interview with Bill Richardson on the CBC];Writing
* [http://www.nerve.com/fiction/heti/flowers/ The Girl Who Planted Flowers]
* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/11/1heti5.html The Poet and the Novelist as Roommates]
* [http://www.maisonneuve.org/index.php?&page_id=12&article_id=2096 Two Walls]
* [http://www.drunkenboat.com/db8/canadafiction/heti/mermaid.html Mermaid in a Jar]
* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/28heti1.html The Fundamental Race]
* [http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/what_changed.shtml What Changed]
* [http://www.torontolife.com/features/eleanor/ Eleanor]
* [http://spacing.ca/stealing-glances.htm Stealing Glances]
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