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Heather Young

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in Arlington, VA, The United States

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Fiction, Mystery, Suspense

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Heather is the author of two novels. Her debut, The Lost Girls, won the Strand Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for an Edgar Award. The Distant Dead was published on June 9, 2020, and was named one of the Best Books of Summer by People Magazine, Parade, and CrimeReads. A former antitrust and intellectual property litigator, she traded the legal world for the literary one and earned her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars in 2011. She lives in Mill Valley, California, where she writes, bikes, hikes, and reads books by other people that she wishes she’d written.

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No question, other than to ask you if you're working on your next book? I hope so! Loved The Lost Girls! Could not put it down!

Heather Young Hi Bobbi!! I'm so glad you enjoyed The Lost Girls. I am working on my next book. Now that I've gotten my daughter off to college at last (sob!) I will…moreHi Bobbi!! I'm so glad you enjoyed The Lost Girls. I am working on my next book. Now that I've gotten my daughter off to college at last (sob!) I will be turning to it full time!(less)

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Heather Young My favorite fictional couple will always be Jo and Laurie from LITTLE WOMEN. I still curse Louisa May Alcott for keeping them apart! The good Professo…moreMy favorite fictional couple will always be Jo and Laurie from LITTLE WOMEN. I still curse Louisa May Alcott for keeping them apart! The good Professor Bauer could never satisfy my fiery idol Jo, and there's no way Laurie could ever be happy with flighty Amy. Between that and the fate of poor Beth, Louisa left wounds on my heart that will never heal. (less)

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“How terrible to die without finishing a book, she thought. Never to know the end of the story.”
― Heather Young, The Lost Girls

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“How terrible to die without finishing a book, she thought.”
― Heather Young, The Lost Girls

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“I thought of Emily's legs hanging down as Mother carried her. I thought about the empty look on her face as Mother hugged her. I thought about never being able to play in the forest alone, or make a friend, or spend more than a few minutes by myself. I thought about not having even the privacy of my own bed at night. I thought, for the first time in a long time, about how those things had made me feel, when Mother slept with me. But to Lilith I said, "She doesn't know how good she's got it," and for a moment she and I were united once more in our disdain for our little sister, our parent's favorite, who couldn't understand how lucky she was.”
― Heather Young, The Lost Girls

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