Alan Heathcock


Alan Heathcock is an American fiction writer. He grew up in the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, Illinois and attended the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1993 with a BA in Journalism. Heathcock earned MFAs from both Bowling Green State University, and Boise State University, where he continues to teach creative writing workshops. He lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife and three children.
Heathcock's first collection of short fiction, VOLT, was published with Graywolf Press in 2011. VOLT was selected as an Editor's Pick for both The New York Times Book Review and The Oxford American; a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, as well as hailed by many critics as one of the best books of 2011, including Publishers Weekly, the Chicago Tribune, Salon.com, and GQ. VOLT also includes the story "Peacekeeper," which first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review, and won Heathcock a National Magazine Award in 2006.

Works

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• Whiting Award


• Boise Weekly Best Living Idaho Writer


• Spinetinglers Magazine, Best Short Story Collection


• GLCA New Writers Award


• Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Shane Stevens Fellowship in Fiction


• Tin House Writers' Conference, Scholar


• Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Carol Houck Fellowship in Fiction


• National Magazine Award, Fiction