Sara Houghteling (born 1977) is an American novelist and educator.

Biography

She was born in 1977 and graduated from

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in 1999. She received her Master's in Fine Arts in creative writing from the

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in 2003. She received a

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to Paris, first prize in the

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, and a

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fellowship. She taught high school English at

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In 2009, she became engaged to fellow Harvard alumnus and writer

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, author of ''The Piano Tuner and A Far Country''."Sara Houghteling tells all"
/ref> After focusing on lost art looted during World War II for her first novel, she is currently writing her second book on a pianist searching for Hindemith's lost piano concerto after ruining his right hand practicing Brahms' Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major.Interview: "Sara Houghteling schools us on art history"
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''Pictures at an Exhibition''

Houghteling's first novel, ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', was published in 2009 by

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. It won the

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and has also been released as an audio book, read by Mark Bramhall.

References

External links

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Short stories by Sara Houghteling
in Harvard Magazine

in ''The New York Times''
Art and Arms - An interview with Houghteling
at

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