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Heather Siegel is the author of two memoirs and a debut women’s fiction novel and is represented by the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. 
 

A lifelong outsider shaped by an unusual childhood, Heather grew up watching from the margins—an accidental anthropologist drawn to the invisible dynamics of families, friendships, and belonging. That instinct led her to pursue an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at The New School and continues to inform her storytelling across genres with heart, humor, and social insight.

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A recipient of national and independent awards and honors, her coming-of-age memoir OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, and her follow-up, THE KING & THE QUIRKY won the Next Generation Indie Book Award’s Gold Medal for Women’s Issues, both receiving critical acclaim. Her essays have appeared in HuffPost Personal, Salon, The Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop, The Belladonna Comedy, and numerous literary journals and anthologies.​

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Originally from California and New York, Heather now lives in South Florida, where she coaches student writers and walks her Golden Retriever through the Everglades—always on the lookout for what doesn’t quite belong.

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