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Heather Kristin

@heatherrkristin

Writer @washingtonpost & @girlswritenow 10 year mentor. Homeless as child, violin busker, #binder & alumni @newschoolwrites. Memoir in-progress.

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LuisAlicea commented on HuffPost: "Heather, thank you for sharing your story with such honesty and courage. What you went through was wrong, and you..." openweb.com/share/2xO5uQO3…

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♥️♥️♥️♥️ commented on HuffPost: "Heather, you're very beautiful and astute. I was laughing when I read, "My body burned. Was it menopause or PTSD?..." openweb.com/share/2xO5yFmw…

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Thanks to great editor Noah Michelson, best writing teacher Susan Shapiro, & the Girls Write Now community- my vulnerable #SATC essay (based on my in-progress memoir THE STAND-IN) is live on HuffPost huffpost.com/entry/sex-and-… #andjustlikethat #SJP

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♥️♥️♥️♥️ commented on HuffPost: "Heather, you're very beautiful and astute. I was laughing when I read, "My body burned. Was it menopause or PTSD?..." openweb.com/share/2xO5yFmw…

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Nelson Mandela: "It always seems impossible until it's done." #ZohranMamdani #NelsonMandela #newyorkmayor #Democrat #AndJustLikeThat

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And a gentle reminder that I'll be on that Strand on Wednesday, Aug. 6, with the splendid Taffy Brodesser-Akner, lanching "Flashout," please come!

And a gentle reminder that I'll be on that Strand on Wednesday, Aug. 6, with the splendid Taffy Brodesser-Akner, lanching "Flashout," please come!
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At age 11, I auditioned for #PeeWee I was hyper, nervous having been homeless. He left the casting table, bobbed hips with me, & said, "You're funny!" That meant everything to me. Whenever I feel insecure, I remember him & am not afraid to stand out. nytimes.com/2025/05/23/art…

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Here's my chat about being a homeless violinist to working on "Sex and the City" & escaping it all to become a mentor at Girls Write Now #andjustlikethat podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hea…

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Stefan Merrill Block’s Homeschooled — Jenna Bush Hager’s new TODAY pick — is more than a memoir. It’s a reminder of how many kids grow up unseen in unregulated homeschooling. I was one of them. His book is shaping the memoir I’m writing now.