Katie Heaney

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Katie Heaney
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Minnesota, United States
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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.

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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 til 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 YA novel, Girl Crushed, was published in 2020. [7] Her second YA 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]

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  2. ↑ Waldman, Katy (2014-02-04). "Books: Like, Ever". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ↑ North, Anna (2014-01-16). "When being single isn't a problem to be solved". Salon. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ↑ Espiritu, Camille (2016-08-13). "Book Review: "Dear Emma" by Katie Heaney | The Young Folks" . Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Smith, Candace (2016-03-11). "'Dear Emma' book review: Brooding, college-age twist on Jane Austen novel". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  6. 1 2 Schlichenmeyer, Terri (2018-03-29). "Lesbian memoir 'Would You Rather?' traces long path to self discovery". Washington Blade. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Girl Crushed - Review". Kirkus. 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ↑ Katie, Heaney. "The Year I Stopped Trying". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  9. ↑ "The Memory War - Review". The Cut. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  10. ↑ "The Letters New York Magazine Hasn't Printed - Review". Medium. 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  11. ↑ Goetzman, Amy (2014-02-14). "Katie Heaney writes the book of unlove". MinnPost. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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  14. ↑ Finke, Leigh (3 May 2018). ""What Took So Long?": Coming Out When You're Well Into Adulthood". YES! Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  15. ↑ https://www.twitter.com/KTHeaney/status/1622732062737465344
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