Lane von Herzen is an award-winning literary novelist. Her two books, Copper Crown (Morrow/Penguin) and The Unfastened Heart (Dutton/Penguin) were sold at auction, being published to enthusiastic critical acclaim. The film option to The Unfastened Heart sold at auction to Columbia Pictures. Copper Crown was selected for the Discover Great New Writers series by Barnes and Noble and has been taught in Women's Studies courses at colleges and universities across the United States. Both novels were selections of the Literary Guild.
Ms. von Herzen has received literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and Yaddo. She graduated from Dartmouth College with her B.A. in English literature, magna cum laude, and obtained her MFA in English literature from the writing program at UC Irvine.
Lane von Herzen is an award-winning literary novelist. Her two books, Copper Crown (Morrow/Penguin) and The Unfastened Heart (Dutton/Penguin) were sold at auction, being published to enthusiastic critical acclaim. The film option to The Unfastened Heart sold at auction to Columbia Pictures. Copper Crown was selected for the Discover Great New Writers series by Barnes and Noble and has been taught in Women's Studies courses at colleges and universities across the United States. Both novels were selections of the Literary Guild.
Ms. von Herzen has received literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and Yaddo. She graduated from Dartmouth College with her B.A. in English literature, magna cum laude, and obtained her MFA in English literature from the writing program at UC Irvine.
