Kerry Howley (born 1981) is a feature writer at New York Magazine, a professor at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter. [1] [2] She is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction novel Thrown (2014). [3]
Kerry Howley (born 1981) is a feature writer at New York Magazine, a professor at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter. [1] [2] She is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction novel Thrown (2014). [3]
Howley graduated from Georgetown University and the University of Iowa's nonfiction MFA program. Prior to working at New York, She was an editor at Reason magazine. [4] Her work has appeared in New York magazine, [5] The Paris Review , [6] The New Yorker , [7] and Granta. [8]
Howley is the author of Thrown, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, [9] a New York Times Editor's Choice, and a best book of 2014 in Slate, [10] Salon, [11] Playboy, and Time. [12] Thrown was long-listed for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting [13] and won first prize in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. [14]
Howley has been named a Lannan Foundation Fellow. [15] Both her 2018 New York cover story on disgraced doctor Larry Nassar [16] and her 2021 New York essay on January 6 were nominated for Best Feature at the National Magazine Awards. [17]
In 2022 filming began on Winner , a film scripted by Howley based on the life of Reality Winner. It is directed by Susanna Fogel and stars Emilia Jones. [18]
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