Kerry Howley Explained

Kerry Howley (born 1981) is an American feature writer at New York Magazine, a professor at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, and a screenwriter.^{[1] [2]} She is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction novel Thrown (2014).^[3]

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. ^[4] Her work has appeared in New York magazine,^[5] The Paris Review,^[6] The New Yorker,^[7] and Granta.^[8]

Howley is the author of Thrown, which was named a New York Times Notable Book,^[9] a New York Times Editor's Choice, and a best book of 2014 in Slate,^[10] Salon,^[11] Playboy, and Time.^[12] Thrown was long-listed for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting^[13] and won first prize in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.^[14]

Howley has been named a Lannan Foundation Fellow.^[15] Both her 2018 New York cover story on disgraced doctor Larry Nassar^[16] and her 2021 New York essay on January 6 were nominated for Best Feature at the National Magazine Awards.^[17]

In 2022 filming began on Winner, a film scripted by Howley based on the life of Reality Winner. It is directed by Susanna Fogel and stars Emilia Jones.^[18]

Works

Books

• Book: 2014 . Thrown . Louisville, Ky. . Sarabande Books . 978-1-936747-92-4. ^{[19] [20] [21]}
• Book: 2023 . Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs . New York . Alfred A. Knopf . 9780525655497. ^[22]

Articles

• "Call Me a Traitor" New York. 20 July 2021.
• "Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood" New York. 11 June 2019.
• "How Did Larry Nassar Deceive So Many for So Long?" 19 November 2018.
• 25 December 2017 . Who Is Reality Winner? . New York Magazine.
• 29 September 2015 . What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil . The New Yorker.

Interviews

• Jill Talbot . An Interview with Kerry Howley . March 2015 . Bookslut.
• Alea Adigweme . A Conversation with Kerry Howley, author of Thrown . 2 April 2015 . The Iowa Review.
• Chris Hayes . Who Is Reality Winner? . MSNBC . 24 January 2020 . Why is This Happening.

External links

• http://www.bookslut.com/features/2015_03_021145.php
• Kerry Howley discusses her book, Thrown at Politics and Prose, 23 November 2014

Notes and References

1. Web site: N'Duka . Amanda . 2019-12-03 . ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Helmer Susanna Fogel To Direct Reality ‘Winner’ Biopic For ‘The Farewell’ Producers . 2022-06-15 . Deadline . en-US.
2. Web site: Kerry Howley Department of English College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa. english.uiowa.edu. 2016-09-28.
3. News: Dunn. Katherine. 2014-11-14. ‘Thrown,’ by Kerry Howley. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-09-11. 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Kerry Howley. Reason.com. 2016-09-28.
5. Web site: Kerry Howley. New York magazine.
6. News: Pretty Citadel. Howley. Kerry. 2011-01-01. Paris Review. 198. 0031-2037. 2016-09-28.
7. Web site: Kerry Howley.
8. Web site: Kerry Howley. 2021-09-11. Granta. en-US.
9. News: Times . The New York . 2014-12-02 . 100 Notable Books of 2014 . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-15 . 0362-4331.
10. News: Staff . Slate . 2014-11-30 . Best Books 2014: Slate Staff Picks . en-US . Slate . 2022-06-15 . 1091-2339.
11. Web site: Filgate . Michele . 2014-12-29 . Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2014 . 2022-06-15 . Salon . en.
12. Web site: Kerry Howley's Fighting Words . 2022-06-15 . Time . en.
13. Web site: PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Longlist Book awards LibraryThing . 2022-06-15 . www.librarything.com.
14. Web site: Group . Independent Book Publishing Professionals . 2015 Indie Book Award Winners Announced . 2022-06-15 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
15. Web site: Kerry Howley . 2022-06-15 . Lannan Foundation . en.
16. Web site: 2019-02-07 . New York Media Sweeps Up 8 Nominations for the National Magazine Awards . 2022-06-15 . New York Press Room . en-us.
17. Web site: 2022-02-25 . New York Receives 8 National Magazine Awards Nominations . 2022-06-15 . New York Press Room . en-us.
18. Web site: Emilia Jones To Lead ‘Winner’ Biopic From Susanna Fogel; Zach Galifianakis And Connie Britton Also Star . . Penske Media Corporation. Valerie. Complex. October 24, 2022. October 24, 2022.
19. News: Goudie . Jeffrey Ann . 4 December 2014 . Review: 'Thrown,' by Kerry Howley . StarTribune . Minneapolis, Minn..
20. News: Latson . Jennifer . 22 October 2014 . Book Review: Thrown by Kerry Howley . The Boston Globe.
21. News: 'Thrown,' by Kerry Howley. Dunn. Katherine. 14 November 2014 . The New York Times. 0362-4331.
22. News: Szalai . Jennifer . 22 March 2023 . ‘It Is Our Fate to Live in the Age of the Indelible’ . New York Times . New York City, NY.