Holiday Reinhorn

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Holiday Reinhorn
Born (1964-03-12) March 12, 1964 (age 59)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater University of Iowa [1]
University of Washington
OccupationWriter
Spouse
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(m. 1995)​
Children1

Holiday Reinhorn (born March 12, 1964) is an American fiction writer known for her short stories.

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Biography

Reinhorn was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. [2]

She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop [3] and the author of Big Cats, published by Free Press in 2005. [4] Big Cats received largely positive notice in Seattle Times , Post Magazine , Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly . [5] [6] [7] [8] It was a Powell's bestseller. [9]

Her work has been published in Ploughshares , [10] Zoetrope: All-Story , [11] Gulf Coast, and many other literary magazines. [12]

She is married to actor Rainn Wilson, whom she met while both were students at the University of Washington. [1] The couple married on the Kalama River in Washington in 1995 and have one son, Walter (b. 2004). [13] They are both adherents of the Baháʼí Faith. [14] In 2009 Reinhorn was invited by Sean Penn's charity J/P Haitian Relief Organization to hold writing workshops for girls. [15] While in Haiti she co-founded Lide (Haitian Creole for "leader" or "idea"), a foundation to support young women interested in writing and creative arts. [15] Rather than the capital city, Port-au-Prince, Reinhorn chose the city of Gonaïves for its site, to "boost literacy and help the girls find dignity and learn life skills." [16]

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  2. ↑ Blake, Meredith (January 23, 2015). "For 'Backstrom's Rainn Wilson, oddball roles just come naturally". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Simon & Schuster: Holiday Reinhorn" . Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Simon & Schuster: Big Cats (Trade Paperback)" . Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  5. ↑ BIG CATS | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Big Cats by Holiday Reinhorn, Author . Free Press $14.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7294-0". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Book review: Big Cats is a dazzling collection of stories". South China Morning Post. October 20, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  8. ↑ Freeman, John (July 22, 2005). ""Big Cats" takes in life's strays". Seattle Times .
  9. ↑ "Bestsellers". Salon. July 27, 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ploughshares, the literary journal" . Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Zoetrope: All-Story, back issues" . Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Land-Grant College Review Holiday Reinhorn" . Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  13. ↑ Keegan, Kayla (November 21, 2020). "Rainn Wilson and Holiday Reinhorn's Wedding Was an Event Dwight Schrute Would've Loved". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Holiday Reinhorn". Why Baha'i. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  15. 1 2 Zumberge, Marrianne (December 10, 2014). "Rainn Wilson Pays It Forward with Haitian Arts Program". Variety. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  16. ↑ Watt, Ewan (November 27, 2014). "Author Holiday Reinhorn on how Lide project uses the arts to help educate girls in Haiti". Theirworld. Retrieved December 18, 2020.


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