
Kerry Howley (born 1981) is a feature writer at New York Magazine, a professor at the
University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter. She is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction novel, ''Thrown'' (2014).
Life
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.'' Her work has appeared in ''
New York
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Film and television
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'' magazine, ''
The Paris Review'', ''
The New Yorker'', and Granta.
Howley is the author of Thrown, which was named a ''New York Times'' Notable Book, a ''New York Times'' Editor's Choice, and a best book of 2014 in ''Slate'', ''Salon'', ''Playboy'', and ''Time''. ''Thrown'' was long-listed for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting and won first prize in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Howley has been named a Lannan Foundation Fellow. Both her 2018 ''New York'' cover story on disgraced doctor Larry Nassar and her 2021 ''New York'' essay on January 6 were nominated for Best Feature at the National Magazine Awards.
In 2022 filming began on ''
Winner'', a film scripted by Howley based on the life of
Reality Winner. It is directed by
Susanna Fogel
Susanna Fogel is an American director, screenwriter and author, best known for co-writing the 2019 film ''Booksmart'' and for co-writing and directing the 2018 action/comedy ''The Spy Who Dumped Me''. Her many accolades include a DGA Award and nom ...
and starring
Emilia Jones
Emilia Annis I. Jones (born 23 February 2002) is an English actress. She played the lead role of Ruby Rossi in the Academy Award-winning 2021 film ''CODA''. She has received several accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a nomina ...
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Works
Books
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Essays
"Call Me a Traitor"''New York.'' 20 July 2021.
''New York''. 11 June 2019.
19 November 2018.
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Interviews
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References
External links
* http://www.bookslut.com/features/2015_03_021145.php
* Kerry Howle
discusses her book, ''Thrown''at Politics and Prose, 23 November 2014
1981 births
Living people
University of Iowa alumni
University of Iowa faculty
Georgetown University alumni
21st-century American women writers
American women academics
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