Kerry Howley
American writer (born 1981)
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Kerry Howley (born 1981) is an American feature writer at New York magazine, a professor at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter.[1][2] She is the author of the work of literary nonfiction Thrown (2014).[3]
University of Iowa (MFA)
Kerry Howley | |
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Howley in 2021 | |
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Known for | Thrown (2014) |
| Spouse | Will Wilkinson |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Life and career
Howley graduated from Georgetown University and the University of Iowa's nonfiction MFA program. Prior to working at New York, she was an editor at Reason magazine.[4] Her work has appeared in New York magazine,[5] The Paris Review,[6] The New Yorker,[7] and Granta.[8]
Howley is the author of Thrown, which was named a New York Times Notable Book,[9] a New York Times Editor's Choice, and a best book of 2014 in Slate,[10] Salon,[11] Playboy, and Time.[12] Thrown was long-listed for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting[13] and won first prize in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.[14]
Howley has been named a Lannan Foundation Fellow.[15] Both her 2018 New York cover story on disgraced doctor Larry Nassar[16] and her 2021 New York essay on January 6 were nominated for Best Feature at the National Magazine Awards.[17]
In 2022 filming began on Winner, a film scripted by Howley based on the life of Reality Winner. It is directed by Susanna Fogel and stars Emilia Jones.[18]
Works
Books
- Thrown. Louisville, Ky.: Sarabande Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-936747-92-4.[19][20][21]
- Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2023. ISBN 9780525655497.[22]
Articles
- "Call Me a Traitor" New York. 20 July 2021.
- "Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood" New York. 11 June 2019.
- "How Did Larry Nassar Deceive So Many for So Long?" 19 November 2018.
- "Who Is Reality Winner?". New York Magazine. 25 December 2017.
- "What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil". The New Yorker. 29 September 2015.
Interviews
- "An Interview with Kerry Howley". Bookslut (Interview). Interviewed by Jill Talbot. March 2015.
- "A Conversation with Kerry Howley, author of Thrown". The Iowa Review (Interview). Interviewed by Alea Adigweme. 2 April 2015.
- "Who Is Reality Winner?". Why is This Happening (Interview). Interviewed by Chris Hayes. MSNBC. 24 January 2020.
