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'''Alan Heathcock''' (born March 8, 1971) is an American fiction writer. He is the author of the acclaimed short story collection ''VOLT'' (2011) and the dystopian novel ''40'' (2022). He grew up in the Chicago suburb of [[Hazel Crest, Illinois]] and attended the [[University of Iowa]], where he graduated in 1993 with a bachelor degree in journalism. Heathcock earned MFA degrees from both [[Bowling Green State University]] (1996), and [[Boise State University]] (2003). He lives in Boise, Idaho. |
'''Alan Heathcock''' (born March 8, 1971) is an American fiction writer. He is the author of the acclaimed short story collection ''VOLT'' (2011) and the dystopian novel ''40'' (2022). He grew up in the Chicago suburb of [[Hazel Crest, Illinois]] and attended the [[University of Iowa]], where he graduated in 1993 with a bachelor degree in journalism. Heathcock earned MFA degrees from both [[Bowling Green State University]] (1996), and [[Boise State University]] (2003). He lives in [[Boise, Idaho]] and teaches in the MFA program at the [[University of Nevada, Reno|University of Nevada Reno]]. |
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Heathcock's first collection of short fiction, ''VOLT'',<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date= |title=volt alan heathcock |url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=volt+alan+heathcock |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> was published with [[Graywolf Press]] in 2011.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Seshadri |first=Vijay |date= |title=Home |url=http://www.graywolfpress.org/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.author&product_id=332&author_id=211 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Graywolf Press}}</ref> ''VOLT'' was selected as an Editor's Pick for both [[The New York Times Book Review]]<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Stories of Small-Town Strife |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/books/review/book-review-volt-stories-by-alan-heathcock.html |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and ''The [[Oxford American]].''<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=March 28, 2012 |title=BOOK REVIEW: Alan Heathcock :: Oxford American – The Southern Magazine of Good Writing |url=http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2012/mar/28/book-review-alan-heathcock/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015034953/http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2012/mar/28/book-review-alan-heathcock/ |archivedate=October 15, 2013 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Oxford American |df=mdy}}</ref> VOLT was also a finalist for the [[Barnes & Noble]] Discover Award<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Hales |first=Dianne R. |date=February 1, 2012 |title=Announcing the 2011 Discover Great New Writers Awa... – The Barnes & Noble Review |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Discover-Great-New-Writers/Announcing-the-2011-Discover-Great-New-Writers-Award-Shortlist/ba-p/6817 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Bnreview.barnesandnoble.com}}</ref> and was hailed by many critics as one of the best books of 2011, including ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref name=":5">{{cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Best Books 2011 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2011/fiction#book/book-6 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> [[Chicago Tribune|the ''Chicago Tribune'']],<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Best books 2011 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-favorites-2011,0,1346383,full.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208051058/http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-favorites-2011,0,1346383,full.story |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=chicagotribune.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Salon.com]],<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last=Mustich |first=Emma |date=December 9, 2011 |title=Writers choose their favorite books of 2011 |url=http://www.salon.com/2011/12/09/writers_choose_their_favorite_books_of_2011/ |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |work=Salon.com}}</ref> and ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]''.<ref name=":8">{{cite web |date=December 30, 2011 |title=GQ's Punch List: The Year in Reading 2011 |url=http://www.listal.com/list/gqs-punch-list-year-reading |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Listal.com}}</ref> ''VOLT'' includes the story "Peacekeeper,"<ref name=":9">{{cite web |date= |title=VQR » Peacekeeper |url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2005/fall/heathcock-peacekeeper/ |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Vqronline.org}}</ref> which first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the ''[[Virginia Quarterly Review]]'' and won Heathcock a [[National Magazine Awards|National Magazine Award]] in 2006.<ref name=":10">{{cite web |date= |title=Winners & Finalists | ASME |url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010181823/http://magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Magazine.org}}</ref> |
Heathcock's first collection of short fiction, ''VOLT'',<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date= |title=volt alan heathcock |url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=volt+alan+heathcock |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> was published with [[Graywolf Press]] in 2011.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Seshadri |first=Vijay |date= |title=Home |url=http://www.graywolfpress.org/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.author&product_id=332&author_id=211 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Graywolf Press}}</ref> ''VOLT'' was selected as an Editor's Pick for both [[The New York Times Book Review]]<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Stories of Small-Town Strife |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/books/review/book-review-volt-stories-by-alan-heathcock.html |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and ''The [[Oxford American]].''<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=March 28, 2012 |title=BOOK REVIEW: Alan Heathcock :: Oxford American – The Southern Magazine of Good Writing |url=http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2012/mar/28/book-review-alan-heathcock/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015034953/http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2012/mar/28/book-review-alan-heathcock/ |archivedate=October 15, 2013 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Oxford American |df=mdy}}</ref> VOLT was also a finalist for the [[Barnes & Noble]] Discover Award<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Hales |first=Dianne R. |date=February 1, 2012 |title=Announcing the 2011 Discover Great New Writers Awa... – The Barnes & Noble Review |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Discover-Great-New-Writers/Announcing-the-2011-Discover-Great-New-Writers-Award-Shortlist/ba-p/6817 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Bnreview.barnesandnoble.com}}</ref> and was hailed by many critics as one of the best books of 2011, including ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref name=":5">{{cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Best Books 2011 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2011/fiction#book/book-6 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> [[Chicago Tribune|the ''Chicago Tribune'']],<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Best books 2011 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-favorites-2011,0,1346383,full.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208051058/http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-books-favorites-2011,0,1346383,full.story |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=chicagotribune.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Salon.com]],<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last=Mustich |first=Emma |date=December 9, 2011 |title=Writers choose their favorite books of 2011 |url=http://www.salon.com/2011/12/09/writers_choose_their_favorite_books_of_2011/ |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |work=Salon.com}}</ref> and ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]''.<ref name=":8">{{cite web |date=December 30, 2011 |title=GQ's Punch List: The Year in Reading 2011 |url=http://www.listal.com/list/gqs-punch-list-year-reading |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Listal.com}}</ref> ''VOLT'' includes the story "Peacekeeper,"<ref name=":9">{{cite web |date= |title=VQR » Peacekeeper |url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2005/fall/heathcock-peacekeeper/ |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Vqronline.org}}</ref> which first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the ''[[Virginia Quarterly Review]]'' and won Heathcock a [[National Magazine Awards|National Magazine Award]] in 2006.<ref name=":10">{{cite web |date= |title=Winners & Finalists | ASME |url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010181823/http://magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Magazine.org}}</ref> |
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Heathcock's debut novel, ''40'', was published in 2022 by [[ |
Heathcock's debut novel, ''40'', was published in 2022 by [[Macmillan Inc.|MacMillan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macmillan Publishers |title=40 |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374718473/40 |url-status=live |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=[[Macmillan Publishers]]}}</ref> to mostly favorable but some mixed reviews.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=All Book Marks reviews for 40 by Alan Heathcock |url=https://bookmarks.reviews/bookmark-all/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Book Marks |language=en-US}}</ref> The book follows the adventures of Mazzy Goodwin, a soldier in an apocalyptic near-future who miraculously grows angel wings from her back and becomes a pawn in a charismatic religious leader's attempts to rule America. Comparing the book to [[The Hunger Games|''The Hunger Games'']], [[Kirkus Reviews]] notes that "[t]he dystopian ingredients are familiar, but Heathcock combines them in a potent metaphorical stew."<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alan-heathcock/40/ |title=40 {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> The book was also featured in a [[The New York Times|New York Times]] article about climate change fiction.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Dimock |first=Wai Chee |date=September 7, 2022 |title=New Climate Fiction Offers Visions for Environmental Justice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/books/review/beauman-raymond-heathcock.html |url-status=live |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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Heathcock's first collection of short fiction, ''VOLT'',<ref name=":0" /> was published with [[Graywolf Press]] in 2011.<ref name=":1" /> ''VOLT'' was selected as an Editor's Pick for both [[The New York Times Book Review]]<ref name=":2" /> and ''The [[Oxford American]].''<ref name=":3" /> VOLT was also a finalist for the [[Barnes & Noble]] Discover Award<ref name=":4" /> and was hailed by many critics as one of the best books of 2011, including ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref name=":5" /> [[Chicago Tribune|the ''Chicago Tribune'']],<ref name=":6" /> [[Salon.com]],<ref name=":7" /> and ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]''.<ref name=":8" /> ''VOLT'' includes the story "Peacekeeper,"<ref name=":9" /> which first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the ''[[Virginia Quarterly Review]]'' and won Heathcock a [[National Magazine Awards|National Magazine Award]] in 2006.<ref name=":10" /> |
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Heathcock's debut novel, ''40'', was published in 2022 by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Strauss and Giroux]] to mostly positive but some mixed reviews.<ref name=":11" /> The book follows the adventures of Mazzy Goodwin, a soldier who miraculously grows angel wings from her back and becomes a pawn in a charismatic religious leader's attempts to rule a near-future America ravaged by climate change. Comparing the book to [[The Hunger Games|''The Hunger Games'']], [[Kirkus Reviews]] notes that "[t]he dystopian ingredients are familiar, but Heathcock combines them in a potent metaphorical stew."<ref name=":12" /> The book was also featured in a [[The New York Times|New York Times]] article about climate change fiction.<ref name=":13" /> |
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⚫ | * [[GLCA|GLCA New Writers Award]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web |date=December 31, 1969 |title=Boise's Alan Heathcock chosen as the Great Lakes Colleges Association's new fiction writer of 2012 |url=http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/01/11/artsbeat/boises_alan_heathcock_chosen_great_lakes_colleges_associations_n |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411032536/http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/01/11/artsbeat/boises_alan_heathcock_chosen_great_lakes_colleges_associations_n |archivedate=April 11, 2013 |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Voices.IdahoStatesman.com |df=mdy}}</ref> |
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⚫ | * [[Bread Loaf Writers' Conference|Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Shane Stevens Fellowship in Fiction]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2011 |url=http://www.middlebury.edu/media/view/287720/original/conference_participants__08_10_11.pdf |accessdate=October 14, 2013 |publisher=Middlebury.edu}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:12, 9 February 2024
Welcome to my second sandbox. I want to work on Alan Heathcock's page here. Alan Heathcock
Alan Heathcock (born March 8, 1971) is an American fiction writer. He is the author of the acclaimed short story collection VOLT (2011) and the dystopian novel 40 (2022). He grew up in the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, Illinois and attended the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1993 with a bachelor degree in journalism. Heathcock earned MFA degrees from both Bowling Green State University (1996), and Boise State University (2003). He lives in Boise, Idaho and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Nevada Reno.
Notable works
Heathcock's first collection of short fiction, VOLT,[1] was published with Graywolf Press in 2011.[2] VOLT was selected as an Editor's Pick for both The New York Times Book Review[3] and The Oxford American.[4] VOLT was also a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award[5] and was hailed by many critics as one of the best books of 2011, including Publishers Weekly,[6] the Chicago Tribune,[7] Salon.com,[8] and GQ.[9] VOLT includes the story "Peacekeeper,"[10] which first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review and won Heathcock a National Magazine Award in 2006.[11]
Heathcock's debut novel, 40, was published in 2022 by MacMillan[12] to mostly favorable but some mixed reviews.[13] The book follows the adventures of Mazzy Goodwin, a soldier in an apocalyptic near-future who miraculously grows angel wings from her back and becomes a pawn in a charismatic religious leader's attempts to rule America. Comparing the book to The Hunger Games, Kirkus Reviews notes that "[t]he dystopian ingredients are familiar, but Heathcock combines them in a potent metaphorical stew."[14] The book was also featured in a New York Times article about climate change fiction.[15]
Books
- VOLT. Graywolf Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55597-577-7.
- "The Staying Freight," Reprinted from Harvard Review 31, Fall 2006
- "Fort Apache," Reprinted from Zoetrobe: All-Story, Fall 2008
- 40. MCD. 2022. ISBN 978-0374100230.
Stories and Essays
- "Our Summarative History of Quixotica," Harvard Review 22, Spring 2002
- "On Suffering," Kenyon Review Online, 2014
- "Shelter," Gulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2014
- "Zero Percent Water," Matter, September 2014
Awards
- Whiting Award (2012)[16]
- Boise Weekly Best Living Idaho Writer (2012)[17]
- Spinetinglers Magazine, Best Short Story Collection (2012)[18]
- GLCA New Writers Award (2012)[19]
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Shane Stevens Fellowship in Fiction (2011)[20]
- Tin House Writers' Conference, Scholar (2010)
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Carol Houck Fellowship in Fiction (2009)[21]
- National Magazine Award, Fiction (2006)
- ^ "volt alan heathcock". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Seshadri, Vijay. "Home". Graywolf Press. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Stories of Small-Town Strife". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "BOOK REVIEW: Alan Heathcock :: Oxford American – The Southern Magazine of Good Writing". Oxford American. March 28, 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Hales, Dianne R. (February 1, 2012). "Announcing the 2011 Discover Great New Writers Awa... – The Barnes & Noble Review". Bnreview.barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Best Books 2011". Publishers Weekly. September 11, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Best books 2011". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Mustich, Emma (December 9, 2011). "Writers choose their favorite books of 2011". Salon.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "GQ's Punch List: The Year in Reading 2011". Listal.com. December 30, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "VQR » Peacekeeper". Vqronline.org. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Winners & Finalists | ASME". Magazine.org. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Macmillan Publishers. "40". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "All Book Marks reviews for 40 by Alan Heathcock". Book Marks. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ 40 | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Dimock, Wai Chee (September 7, 2022). "New Climate Fiction Offers Visions for Environmental Justice". New York Times.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Alan Heathcock".
- ^ "Best Living Idaho Writer 2012". Boiseweekly.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "2012 Spinetingler Awards – WINNERS « Spinetingler". Spinetinglermag.com. May 1, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Boise's Alan Heathcock chosen as the Great Lakes Colleges Association's new fiction writer of 2012". Voices.IdahoStatesman.com. December 31, 1969. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2011" (PDF). Middlebury.edu. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "bread loaf – UPDATE". News.boisestate.edu. August 13, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2013.