Natalie S. Harnett

NATALIE S. HARNETT holds an MFA from Columbia. She's been awarded an Edward Albee Fellowship, a Summer Literary Seminars Fellowship, and a Vermont Studio Writer's Grant. She was a finalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize in Fiction and her publications include The New York Times, The Chicago Quarterly Review, and the Irish Echo. She lives on Long Island & Northeastern PA with her husband and toddler. Visit her website at www.natalieharnett.com. View the Educator's Guide here: http://natalieharnett.com/educators-guide/ The Book Club questions here: http://natalieharnett.com/reading-group-guide/ THE HOLLOW GROUND, her debut, won the John Gardner Fiction Book Award, The Appalachian Book of the Year Award & was longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. The novel is an AMAZON & AUDIBLE BESTSELLER; A BookBrowse Top 2015 Book Club Recommendation; A GOODREADS BOOK GROUP WORTHY TITLE; A LIBRARY JOURNAL's "Debuts with Buzz" Selection; A SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE's '5 Books to Read This Month' Selection; and A NYC Irish Arts Center 2015 Book Day Pick. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL writes, "Hands down this is the best novel of 2014." Library Journal's Debuts with Buzz: The Hollow Ground "In 1960s Pennsylvania coal country, fires began burning underground that continue today. Set at the time, this first novel by Sandra Schor and James Kreuzer Award winner Harnett features 11-year-old Brigid Howley, whose family must move in with her estranged grandparents when the burning starts. Even as the family struggles to survive, Brigid uncovers a horrific secret in a bootleg mine shaft that sets the whole town on edge. In-house excitement, especially about that Gary Shteyngart blurb."