Nationality American Role Fiction writer Name Julie Hecht | Genre fiction Period 1989— | |
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Occupation short story writer and novelist Notable works Do the Windows Open? (1997)The Unprofessionals (2003) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Books The Unprofessionals, Was This Man a Genius?, Do the Windows Open?, Happy Trails to You: Stori | ||
Julie Hecht is a contemporary American fiction writer specializing in interlacing short stories.
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Personal life
Hecht has purposely revealed very little about her personal life and according to her publisher's website she lives in the winter on the east end of Long Island, New York and spends summer and fall in Massachusetts. In an interview with Publisher's Weekly, Hecht said that the good reaction she got from her fellow schoolchildren gave her the idea to keep writing. "It's nice to look at a group of people and see them all smiling and laughing," the author told Publisher's Weekly. The author is somewhat reclusive about publicity. She rarely gives interviews and avoids the use of information technology like websites and email. She prefers to write by hand, sitting on a couch, then faxing her work back and forth to a typist for editing multiple drafts.