Heather McElhatton is a writer and producer for Public Radio International. McElhatton produced the literary series '' Talking Volumes'' from 2001 to 2006. From 2005 to 2007 she hosted the live variety show ''Stage Sessions'' for

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at the

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. The show combined storytelling, spoken word, music and featured guests including

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, Ann Bancroft, Kevin Kling, Bill Holm and

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...

Biography

McElhatton was born in Chicago, Illinois. MCElhatton studied at the University of London and SACI in Florence, Italy, and earned her MFA in creative writing from

Warren Wilson College Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campu ...

in Asheville, North Carolina. McElhatton has published several short stories, including ''Red Shoes in Alabama and the Whore Who Wore Them'' which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001.Pretty Little Mistakes official site
/ref> McElhatton appeared on a televised episode of ''

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internatio ...

'' in a segment called "Peezilla", where she recaptured her experience on a school bus when she was a little girl.This American Life.org
/ref> Her

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...

, ''

Pretty Little Mistakes ''Pretty Little Mistakes'' is a book written by Heather McElhatton and published on May 1, 2007 by HarperCollins. The novel is written in Second-person narrative and allows the reader to direct where the story will go, similar to the Choose Your ...

'', was a

choose your own adventure ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actio ...

style book for adults published by

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News ...

in May 2007.Harper Collins
/ref> Her second book, "Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single", was released by HarperCollins in May 2009. Her fourth book is ''Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Married''. ''Million Little Mistakes'', a sequel to ''Pretty Little Mistakes'', in which the reader decides how to spend $22 million in lottery winnings, was released in 2010.

References

External links

Heather McElhatton official site
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