Homemade Fun
PLAY THESE GAMES: 101 Delightful Diversions Using Everyday Items is here…hurray! This is the follow up to MAKE THESE TOYS. Find both books on Amazon, BN.com, or at your local bookstore. Check out my blog (One Cheap Mother above) for sample projects like spool catapults, button hockey, hula hoop games, and more! Using simple,...
Josie Griffin is Not a Vampire
Available Now! A hilarious take on the paranormal trend–Twilight meets The Breakfast Club! When former good girl turned rebel Josie Griffin gets busted for what was in her mind perfectly acceptable revenge on her cheating dog of a boyfriend, she lands herself in anger management therapy. It could be worse: it could be juvvie, or she...
Novels for Grown Ups
Curl up with my award-winning novel, LUSCIOUS LEMON, about Ellie “Lemon” Manelli, a chef in the east village who wants no other babies than her hip new restaurant. Or ELIOT’S BANANA, the book Kirkus Review called an “Engaging debut about death, modern romance, and growing up.” Eliot’s...
Essays and Short Stories
My essays and short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, magazines, and web-sites including “Uncle Greg, the Giant Chicken, and the Murderous Pottery Wheel” which appeared in CRUSH: 26 Real-Life Tales of True Love, edited by Andrea Richesin this past spring. Crush: 26 Real-Life Tales of True...
HEATHER SWAIN
Heather Swain lives in a crooked house in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, two children, a barkless dog, and two rescue cats. She is the author of novels for adults and young adults, craft books, and numerous short stories, personal essays, and non-fiction articles.
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