| (McElhatton isn't as hard to say as it sounds...it rhymes with TACKLE-LATIN...okay thats kind of hard.) Heather McElhatton is a writer and independent producer for Public Radio International. Her commentaries and stories have been heard nationally on This American Life, Marketplace,Weekend America, Sound Money and The Savvy Traveler. She also produced the radio literary series Talking Volumes. Audio archive can be found at www.mpr.org She has had several short stories published, including “Red Shoes” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001. Writer/publisher Joyce Carol Oates published the story in Princeton’s literary magazine, The Ontario Review that same year. Besides ongoing reporting and radio commentary, Heather appeared on Ira Glass’s very first episode of the television version of This American Life. Her debut novel was a choose- your-own-ending book for adults called Pretty Little Mistakes soon to be followed by the sequel, "Million Little Mistakes" in Summer, 2010. This year HarperCollins will also publish Heather McElhattons new book "Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single," released May 5, 2009. More info at www.harpercollins.com |

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