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Heather Frese’s fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, the Los Angeles Review, Front Porch, the Barely South Review, Switchback, and elsewhere, earning notable mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and Best American Essays. She received her master’s degree from Ohio University and her M.F.A. from West Virginia University. Coastal North Carolina is her longtime love and source of inspiration, her writing deeply influenced by the wild magic and history of the Outer Banks. She currently writes, edits, and wrangles three small children in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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message 1: by Kristine
Apr 11, 2022 06:14AM

Kristine Heather, thank you so much for accepting my friend invite. I absolutely loved your book. The Outer Banks is really special to me. I have climbed The Hatteras Lighthouse several times. I have moved to NC, and now look after my parents. I convinced my brother to move, too. He lives right near Chapel Hill.
Will have to check and see how you like The Lost Girls of Willowbrook. I just got that one, too. It’s set in NY, where I’m from. Have a very nice day.


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