Heather Augustyn is an author and professor of composition living in Chesterton, Ind., one hour outside of Chicago. She author of Ska: An Oral History, McFarland, 2010, with a foreword by Cedella Marley which was nominated for the ARSC Award for Excellence, Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Trombonist, McFarland, 2013, with a foreword by Delfeayo Marsalis, and Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Scarecrow Press, 2013; Songbirds: Pioneering Women in Jamaican Music, Half-Pint Press, 2015; co-author with Adam Reeves of Alpha Boys' School: Cradle of Jamaican Music, Half-Pint Press, 2017; Operation Jump Up: Jamaica's Campaign for a National Sound, Half-Pint Press, 2018; and the forthcoming Women in Jamaican Music, McFarland, 2020. Augustyn was been a correspondent for The Times of Northwest Indiana, the state’s second largest newspaper, for 12 years. Her work has appeared in such national publications as The Village Voice, The Humanist Magazine, World Watch Magazine, E! The Environmental Magazine, and she was the last journalist to interview the late novelist Kurt Vonnegut. The story appeared in In These Times Magazine and was published in the book Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, Melville House, 2011. Augustyn is also a professional photographer and her work has appeared in numerous magazines and books. She received her M.A. in writing from DePaul University and a B.A in English and philosophy from Bradley University. She currently serves as a continuing lecturer at Purdue Northwest in Northwest Indiana where she and her husband Ron have two boys, Sid and Frank.
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