ABOUT
Heather Siegel is an award-winning author and creative with interests in the arts, food, and animal welfare. In her past life, she founded several independent businesses, including a coffeehouse, a café, an organic juice bar, and a natural beauty bar.
She currently teaches academic and creative writing for local colleges and continuing education programs, and runs private workshops and a book incubator at Heather's Creative Writery.
She holds an MFA from The New School University, and lives in the woods of Long Island with her family in a farmhouse that always needs something fixed.
Awards and Mentions:
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Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2020, Women's Issues, Winner
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Goose Wickes Prize in Prose, 2019, Winner
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Kore Press, 2018 Memoir Award, Semifinalist
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Leapfrog Press 2017 Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention
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Foreword Reviews 2016 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award, Finalist
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East Texas Writer's Guild 2015 First Chapter Award, Winner
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Dan’s Paper 2014 Literary Award for Nonfiction, Judges Favorite
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Doris Bakwin 2012 First Book Award, Finalist
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Kore Press 2012 Prose Award, Finalist
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San Francisco 2011 Writer's Conference Indie Publishing, Finalist
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PNWA 2010 Literary Award in Non-Fiction, Finalist
photo by David Almeida Photography
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