Media
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Recently….
This piece I wrote for Publisher’s Weekly on why biographies need a makeover.
Podcasts
Do right by the miracle.
“Heather shares how we can apply lessons from history to our own lives, how to have a positive relationship with our creativity, and how we can all learn to “do right by the miracle.”
This episode is hosted by Mariam Muzaffar.
Badass on the Overdrive Podcast
I had such a great time talking to the Pro Book Nerds about all things BADASS - have a listen!
Selected Articles & Interviews
Selected Book Reviews
Booklist: ** starred ** Little Universes
Publisher’s Weekly: Bad Romance
Booklist: ** starred ** Dear Heartbreak
VOYA: ** starred ** Blood Passage
Kirkus: ** starred ** Exquisite Captive
Booklist: ** starred ** I’ll Meet You There
Kirkus: Something Real
Honors
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection: Code Name Badass
2022 Septima Clark Women in Literature Honoree (Badass)
PEN America Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award: Something Real
I’ll Meet You There
A YALSA 2016 Best Fiction For Young Adults Selection
A Bank Street Best Children's Book
A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
A Barnes and Noble Best book of 2015
Bad Romance
2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
A Texas Tayshas List Selection
One of Barnes and Noble's Most Anticipated Books for 2017
Dear Heartbreak
An SCBWI Official Reading List Selection 2018
Exquisite Captive
A Kirkus Best Book of 2014
Something Real
A 2015 YALSA Quick Pick For Reluctant Young Adult Readers
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Winner of the PEN America Discovery Award