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'''Heidi W. Durrow''' (born January 14, 1990) is the birth and pen name of Katrina Monet Wessel, an [[United States|American]] writer and author of the best-seller<ref>The book is described as a best seller by New Yorker magazine, [http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-exchange-heidi-durrows-mixed-chicks here], accessed December 9th 2014.</ref> ''The Girl Who Fell From the Sky'', and the winner of the 2008 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction.<ref>From the Heidi Durrow author website, accessible [http://heidiwdurrow.com/ here], accessed December 9th, 2014.</ref><ref>Details on the PEN/Bellwether Prize are available [http://heidiwdurrow.com/book-bellwether-prize/ here], accessed December 9th 2014.</ref>
'''Heidi W. Durrow,''' born June 21, 1969, is an [[United States|American]] writer and author of the best-seller<ref>The book is described as a best seller by New Yorker magazine, [http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-exchange-heidi-durrows-mixed-chicks here], accessed December 9th 2014.</ref> ''The Girl Who Fell From the Sky'', and the winner of the 2008 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction.<ref>From the Heidi Durrow author website, accessible [http://heidiwdurrow.com/ here], accessed December 9th, 2014.</ref><ref>Details on the PEN/Bellwether Prize are available [http://heidiwdurrow.com/book-bellwether-prize/ here], accessed December 9th 2014.</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


===Early life and education===
===Early life and education===
Durrow, the daughter of an unnamed American film director and a Mexican American teen, grew up on the west coast of the United States, primarily in California where her adoptive parents settle in the Bay Area by her early teens. She double majored in English and Anthropology at [[Stanford University]] and wrote a weekly column for the ''Stanford Daily'', graduating in 2010 with Honors. She continued her education at [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] and received an M.A. in 2012. She then attended [[Yale Law School]] and received her J.D. in 2015.
Durrow, the daughter of a white Danish immigrant and an African-American man, grew up in part in Turkey, Germany and Denmark. She majored in English at [[Stanford University]] and wrote a weekly column for the ''Stanford Daily'', graduating in 1991 with Honors. She continued her education at [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] and received an M.S. in 1992. She then attended [[Yale Law School]] and received her J.D. in 1995.


===Career===
===Career===
Durrow's career began as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She has also worked as life skills trainer for professional athletes of the NFL and NBA.
Durrow's career took a troubling turn in 2008 following several tragedies that significantly impacted her short and longterm memory. Continued excellence in academic pursuits took full focus then on while simultaneously undergoing rigorous and intensive treament.


Durrow was a host of the award-winning weekly podcast Mixed Chicks Chat focused on issues of being racially and culturally mixed.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/MNGC11PND8.DTL “Obama Raises Profile of Mixed race Americans”], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', July 21, 2008, Tyche Hendricks.</ref>
Durrow was a host of the award-winning weekly podcast Mixed Chicks Chat focused on issues of being racially and culturally mixed.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/MNGC11PND8.DTL “Obama Raises Profile of Mixed race Americans”], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', July 21, 2008, Tyche Hendricks.</ref>
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Durrow was named a [http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2012/03/the_girl_who_fell_from_the_sky.html Power 100 Leader by Ebony Magazine] in 2010 and was nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Debut for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky.
Durrow was named a [http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2012/03/the_girl_who_fell_from_the_sky.html Power 100 Leader by Ebony Magazine] in 2010 and was nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Debut for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky.


She currently resides in the Bay Area where she is working on her second novel full time and preparing for new motherhood.
She currently heads the non-profit organization, Mixed Remixed, Inc. She is working on her second novel.


==Published works==
==Published works==
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*2004: Winner, [[Lorian Hemingway|Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition]]
*2004: Winner, [[Lorian Hemingway|Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition]]
*2004: Fellowship in Fiction, [http://www.nyfa.org/default_mac.asp New York Foundation for the Arts]
*2004: Fellowship in Fiction, [http://www.nyfa.org/default_mac.asp New York Foundation for the Arts]
*2006: Personal Writing Grant for Excellence in Creative Writing, [[Gary Soto]]
*2007: Creative Artist Fellowship, [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm American Antiquarian Society]
*2007: Creative Artist Fellowship, [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm American Antiquarian Society]
*2007: [http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/foundation/index.htm Elizabeth George Foundation Grant for Writers]
*2007: [http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/foundation/index.htm Elizabeth George Foundation Grant for Writers]
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*[http://www.mxroots.org Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival Website]
*[http://www.mxroots.org Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival Website]
*[http://www.mixedchickschat.com Mixed Chicks Chat Website]
*[http://www.mixedchickschat.com Mixed Chicks Chat Website]
*Personal Website of Heidi W. Durrow, www.heidiwdurrow.com
*Mixed Remixed, Inc. website www.mixedremixed.ort
*[http://myamericanmeltingpot.blogspot.com/2008/07/meltingpot-interview-heidi-w-durrow.html Personal Interview.]
*[http://myamericanmeltingpot.blogspot.com/2008/07/meltingpot-interview-heidi-w-durrow.html Personal Interview.]
*[http://www.miketauber.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=23&a=3&p=1&at=0 Portrait and Interview: Blended Nation: Portraits of Multiracial People by Mike Tauber (2009).]
*[http://www.miketauber.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=23&a=3&p=1&at=0 Portrait and Interview: Blended Nation: Portraits of Multiracial People by Mike Tauber (2009).]

Revision as of 12:34, 29 October 2015

Heidi Wedel Durrow
BornHeidi Wedel Durrow
(1990-01-14) January 14, 1990 (age 34)
Pen nameHeidi W. Durrow
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Yale Law School

Heidi W. Durrow, born June 21, 1969, is an American writer and author of the best-seller[1] The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, and the winner of the 2008 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction.[2][3]

Biography

Early life and education

Durrow, the daughter of a white Danish immigrant and an African-American man, grew up in part in Turkey, Germany and Denmark. She majored in English at Stanford University and wrote a weekly column for the Stanford Daily, graduating in 1991 with Honors. She continued her education at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and received an M.S. in 1992. She then attended Yale Law School and received her J.D. in 1995.

Career

Durrow's career began as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She has also worked as life skills trainer for professional athletes of the NFL and NBA.

Durrow was a host of the award-winning weekly podcast Mixed Chicks Chat focused on issues of being racially and culturally mixed.[4]

Durrow created a new festival called the Mixed Remixed Festival which premiered June 14, 2014.[5]

Durrow was named a Power 100 Leader by Ebony Magazine in 2010 and was nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Debut for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky.

She currently heads the non-profit organization, Mixed Remixed, Inc. She is working on her second novel.

Published works

Awards

References

  1. ^ The book is described as a best seller by New Yorker magazine, here, accessed December 9th 2014.
  2. ^ From the Heidi Durrow author website, accessible here, accessed December 9th, 2014.
  3. ^ Details on the PEN/Bellwether Prize are available here, accessed December 9th 2014.
  4. ^ “Obama Raises Profile of Mixed race Americans”, San Francisco Chronicle, July 21, 2008, Tyche Hendricks.
  5. ^ http://www.mixedremixed.org/about-mixed-remixed/
  6. ^ The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Algonquin Books, February 2010).

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