Katie Heaney

Katie Heaney
Born1986 (age 39–40)
Minnesota, United States
Websitewww.katieheaney.com

Katie Heaney (born 1986) is an author and former BuzzFeed editor and senior writer for The Cut.[1] Her books include Never Have I Ever, Dear Emma, Would You Rather?, Girl Crushed, and The Year I Stopped Trying.

Career

Heaney's first book, written while she was working as an editor at BuzzFeed, was Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date, published in 2014. The memoir chronicles her life up until age 25 and recounts how she had not, before that point, had a boyfriend.[2][3]

In 2016, Heaney's modernization of Jane Austen's Emma was published.[4][5]

In 2018, Heaney published a second memoir, Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out. Would You Rather? deals with Heaney's path to coming out and realizing her sexuality.[6]

Her first young adult novel, Girl Crushed, was published in 2020.[7]

Her second young adult novel, The Year I Stopped Trying, was published in 2021.[8] In 2021, Heaney published a controversial article in The Cut titled, "The Memory War."[9]

Shortly after, fellow journalist Carrie Poppy released a series of letters to the editor on Medium, including one from memory expert Elizabeth Loftus, demonstrating a large number of factual and contextual errors committed by Heaney in her recount of statements made by her interviewees and her summary of memory research.[10]

Personal life

Heaney was born and raised in St. Paul and Shoreview, Minnesota.[11] She came out as gay at age 28 in 2015.[12] From 2019 to 2023, Heaney was married to Lydia Jackson.[13][1][14][15] She now lives in Los Angeles.[6]

Works

  • Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date (2014)[16]
  • Dear Emma (2016)
  • Public Relations (2017 – with Arianna Rebolini)[17]
  • Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out (2018)[18]
  • Girl Crushed (2020)
  • The Year I Stopped Trying (2021)[19]

References

  1. 1 2 Korn, Gabrielle (April 7, 2020). "Katie Heaney Has Written The Queer Teen Romance Novel We Needed". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ Waldman, Katy (February 4, 2014). "Books: Like, Ever". Slate Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ North, Anna (January 16, 2014). "When being single isn't a problem to be solved". Salon. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ Espiritu, Camille (August 13, 2016). "Book Review: "Dear Emma" by Katie Heaney | The Young Folks". Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Smith, Candace (March 11, 2016). "'Dear Emma' book review: Brooding, college-age twist on Jane Austen novel". nydailynews.com. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Schlichenmeyer, Terri (March 29, 2018). "Lesbian memoir 'Would You Rather?' traces long path to self discovery". Washington Blade. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Girl Crushed - Review". Kirkus. January 19, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ Katie, Heaney. "The Year I Stopped Trying". School Library Journal. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Memory War - Review". The Cut. January 6, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Letters New York Magazine Hasn't Printed - Review". Medium. January 27, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  11. ↑ Goetzman, Amy (February 14, 2014). "Katie Heaney writes the book of unlove". MinnPost. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ Iversen, Kristin. "Katie Heaney On Coming Out In Her 20s And The Enduring Appeal Of Harry Styles". Nylon. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  13. ↑ Lee, Miya (August 13, 2021). "Maybe Don't Trust an Online Quiz With Your Personal Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  14. ↑ Finke, Leigh (May 3, 2018). ""What Took So Long?": Coming Out When You're Well Into Adulthood". YES! Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  15. ↑ https://www.twitter.com/KTHeaney/status/1622732062737465344
  16. ↑ Waldman, Katy (February 4, 2014). "Memoirist Katie Heaney Wants to Be Your Best Friend". Slate Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  17. ↑ Jarema, Kerri (August 8, 2019). "I'm So Jealous You Get To Read 'Public Relations' by Katie Heaney & Arianna Rebolini For The First Time". Bustle. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  18. ↑ Heaney, Katie (February 26, 2018). "Hooking Up With Guys Gave Me Anxiety. Then, at 28, I Slept With a Woman". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  19. ↑ "The Year I Stopped Trying - Review". Kirkus. September 29, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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