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Heidi Hartwiger
In addition to The Secrets of Indian Knob, a lyrical, coming-of-age novel filled with Appalachian folklore and tradition set in rural West Virginia (Frog Hollow Press, 2001), she has written several prize-winning short stories. Three are anthologized. "Wheel of Fortune" is in Turnings: Writing on Women's Transformations published by The Friends of Women's Studies, Old Dominion University, March 2000. "Rosa Loves Eric" appears in the short story collection, In Good Company Volume 3, with featured author, David Baldacci. (Live Wire Press, Fall 2001) "Blackberry Boy" was selected for In Good Company, Volume 4, with featured author, Leslie Schwartz (Live Wire Press, Fall 2002). Three poems that reflect her sense of heritage, "Carport Appalachia", "Bored", and "Zanesville Women", appeared in The Poet's Domain, Volume 20, Live Wire Press, Fall 2003. Heidi Hartwiger has written three highly successful nonfiction books. A Gift of Herbs (Down Home Press,1993) became a 1995 Rodale Book Club selection. All Join Hands: The Forgotten Art of Playing With Children (Down Home Press,1994) is the source for her popular, light-hearted Natural Parent–Natural Child series that appeared in Ohio Valley Parent, a magazine which serves families in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Her latest nonfiction book, Keeper of the Stories (Parkway Publishing, Inc. 2002), is a guide to writing family stories. It is frequently used as a helpful source by older beginning writers individually or in workshop settings.
Books by Heidi Hartwiger All Join Hands: The Forgotten Art of Playing With Children (1994) A Gift of Herbs: How to Make Easy, Inexpensive and Thoughtful Gifts Using Herbs (1993) Keeper of the Stories (2002) The Secrets of Indian Knob (2001)
Links Visit Heidi Hartwiger’s Web site at http://www.heidihartwiger.com/.
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Born in Ohio, raised in West Virginia, Heidi Hartwiger has a deep reverence for the earth and an abiding love for Appalachia and its people. This mother of four and grandmother of five divides her time between her homes in Virginia and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She works as a teller of ghost stories for Maximum Guided Tours "Original Candlelight Ghost Tour of Williamsburg" and "The Yorktown Ghost Tour" in Yorktown, Virginia, as a freelance writer and as a writing instructor for both the Lifelong Learning Society of Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, and the Workforce and Community Development Center at Rappahannock Community College, Glenns, Virginia.