Heather Siegel is a creative nonfiction and fiction writer with an MFA from the New School University. Her work has been featured in HuffPost Personal, Salon.com, The Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop, The Flexible Persona, and in numerous anthologies and on popular websites.  A former Californian and New Yorker, she currently lives in Southern Florida where she coaches students and writers inbetween taking long, overheated walks with her Golden Retriever through the Everglades. 

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Awards and Mentions:

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• Book Excellence Award, 2023, Finalist

• Readers' Favorite Book Award 2020, Gold Medal in Women's Nonfiction

• Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2020, Women's Issues, Winner

• Goose Wickes Prize in Prose, 2019, Winner 

• Kore Press, 2018 Memoir Award, Semifinalist 

• Leapfrog Press 2017 Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention

• Foreword Reviews 2016 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award, Finalist

• East Texas Writer's Guild 2015 First Chapter Award, Winner

• Dan’s Paper 2014 Literary Award for Nonfiction, Judges Favorite

• Doris Bakwin 2012 First Book Award, Finalist

• Kore Press 2012 Prose Award, Finalist

• San Francisco 2011 Writer's Conference Indie Publishing, Finalist

• PNWA 2010 Literary Award in Non-Fiction, Finalist