Sara Houghteling

Sara Houghteling (born 1977) is an American novelist and educator.

Sara Houghteling
OccupationEducator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College
University of Michigan
PeriodWWII
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable awardsFirst prize, Avery and Jules Hopwood Awards, John Steinbeck Fellowship
Website
www.sarahoughteling.com

Biography

She was born in 1977 and graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1999. She received her Master's in Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2003. She received a Fulbright scholarship to Paris, first prize in the Avery Jules Hopwood Novel Contest, and a John Steinbeck fellowship. She taught high school English at Marin Academy.[1][2] In 2009, she became engaged to fellow Harvard alumnus and writer Daniel Mason, author of The Piano Tuner and A Far Country.[3] After focusing on lost art looted during World War II for her first novel, she is currently writing her second book on a pianist searching for Hindemith's lost piano concerto after ruining his right hand practicing Brahms' Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major.[4]

Pictures at an Exhibition

Houghteling's first novel, Pictures at an Exhibition, was published in 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf.[1] It won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award and has also been released as an audio book, read by Mark Bramhall.[1]

gollark: You should believe in one if there's good evidence that one exists, not otherwise.
gollark: Again, clear would be "written in 50-foot letters of fire in the sky".
gollark: I don't consider this clear because it's not distinguished from the *other* religious books which also claim to be ultimate universal truth.
gollark: I don't think this justifies being punished forever, *infinitely*, especially since, as you said, part of it is a product of the environment. Guess which omnipotent god set up that environment?
gollark: No, this is also terrible. They only punish you *after* you do things, with no clear guide about what's acceptable and what isn't.

References
  1. Random House
  2. Marin Academy Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Sara Houghteling tells all"
  4. Interview: "Sara Houghteling schools us on art history"
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