Fall for the Book Podcast feat. Heather Young
Tuesday, September 21, 10 am via Soundcloud & Spotify
About the Event
Heather Young discusses her novel, The Distant Dead, set in the high desert hills. Called “electrifying, ambitious, and crushingly beautiful,” by Kirkus Reviews, Young’s novel is a taught literary thriller which tackles the opioid epidemic, poverty, and deeply buried secrets.
This is a pre-festival release.
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The Fall for the Book Podcast is part of the Watershed Lit Station.
Heather Young earned her law degree from the University of Virginia, and practiced law in San Francisco before beginning her writing career. She received an MFA from the Bennington College Writing Seminars, a Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and has studied at the Tin House Writers’ Workshop and the Squaw Valley Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Mill Valley, California. The Distant Dead is her second novel.