Kerry Howley (born 1981) is a feature writer at New York Magazine, a professor at the

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's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter. She is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction novel, ''Thrown'' (2014).

Life

Howley graduated from

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and the

's nonfiction MFA Program. Prior to working at ''New York'', She was an editor at ''

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.'' Her work has appeared in '' New York'' magazine, ''

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'', and Granta. Howley is the author of Thrown, which was named a ''New York Times'' Notable Book, a ''New York Times'' Editor's Choice, and a best book of 2014 in ''Slate'', ''Salon'', ''Playboy'', and ''Time''. ''Thrown'' was long-listed for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting and won first prize in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Howley has been named a Lannan Foundation Fellow. Both her 2018 ''New York'' cover story on disgraced doctor Larry Nassar and her 2021 ''New York'' essay on January 6 were nominated for Best Feature at the National Magazine Awards. In 2022 filming began on ''

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'', a film scripted by Howley based on the life of

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. It is directed by Susanna Fogel and starring

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Works

Books

Essays

"Call Me a Traitor"
''New York.'' 20 July 2021.

''New York''. 11 June 2019.

19 November 2018. * *

Interviews

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References

External links

* http://www.bookslut.com/features/2015_03_021145.php * Kerry Howle
discusses her book, ''Thrown''
at Politics and Prose, 23 November 2014 1981 births Living people University of Iowa alumni University of Iowa faculty Georgetown University alumni 21st-century American women writers American women academics {{US-journalist-1980s-stub