Jean Hegland

Jean Hegland's debut novel, Into the Forest, was "beautifully written...impeccably authentic" (Kirkus Reviews). In its successor, Windfalls, Hegland delves even deeper into the human heart, taking an unflinching look at the choices facing every woman. A remarkable book from an accomplished writer, Windfalls is hard to put down and impossible to forget.
 
Hegland is a mother, a writer, a teacher and a former midwife. She was born and raised in Pullman, Washington, received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from Washington State University and a M.A. in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Composition from Eastern Washington University. She teaches creative writing at Santa Rosa Junior College and has led workshops and taught classes at a number of writing conferences throughout the United States and Europe. She has three grown children, a beloved stepdaughter and four granddaughters She lives with her husband on fifty-five acres of second-growth Redwoods in northern California.

For more about Jean and her works, go to http://jean-hegland.com/