| Heather McElhatton (MACKLE-hatton) is a writer living much like nomadic capitalist in various cities and countries around the world. She often surfaces in Duluth, Minnesota and Key West Florida. Theses places have more in common than you'd think. Heather's first novel was a choose-your-own-adventure book for adults called "Pretty Little Mistakes." With over 150 endings, she needed an advanced system to track all the threads and so used scrap linoleum and markers. Heather has been an independent producer for Public Radio International for longer than she cares to fess up to. Her commentaries and stories have been heard nationally on This American Life, Marketplace,Weekend America, Sound Money and The Savvy Traveler. She also produced the radio literary series Talking Volumes. (Audio archive can be found at www.mpr.org) Highlights from these years were working with the divine Katherine Lanpher and regularly dining with celeb-lit-ies, such as Salman Rushdie, who (when asked if Heather should really include so much sex in her writing,) replied "Heather, push on the open door." Heather has had several short stories published, including “Red Shoes” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001. Writer/publisher Joyce Carol Oates published the story in Princeton’s literary magazine, The Ontario Review that same year. Besides ongoing reporting and radio commentary, Heather appeared on Ira Glass’s very first episode of the television version of This American Life. Harper Collins also published Heather McElhattons dark romantic comedy, "Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single," released May 5, 2009. Her second do-over novel, "Million Little Mistakes," released in fall, 2010. The book is dedicated to her pug, Walter who was hit by a car in 2009, but decided to live anyway and now wears a shoe. He has a far bigger following than Heather does. More info, but not much - at www.harpercollins.com |

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