Amy Hill Hearth

Amy Hill Hearth
Hearth in 2012
Hearth in 2012
Born (1958-04-10) April 10, 1958 (age 66)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Tampa (BA)
Notable worksHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1993)

Amy Hill Hearth (pronounced "Harth",[1] born April 10, 1958)[2] is an American journalist and author who focuses on uniquely American stories and perspectives from the past. She is the author or co-author of eleven books,[3] beginning in 1993 with the oral history Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, a New York Times bestseller for 117 weeks, according to its archives.[4] The book was adapted for Broadway in 1995 and for a film in 1999.[1]

An unusually versatile author, Hearth has published both fiction and nonfiction, and books for adults as well as children. What her books all have in common is a fascination with American history. "Wherever Amy Hill Hearth turns her attention, history comes alive," author Peter Golden has said of Hearth.[5]

Departing from her non-fiction work, Hearth wrote her first novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society, in 2011.[6] It was published on October 2, 2012,[7] followed by a sequel, Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County, published September 8, 2015.[8]

Hearth's tenth book, published January 2, 2018, is Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York. Written for middle-grade to adult readers, and published by HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books, the book is the first biography of civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Jennings Graham.[9]

Hearth's most recent work is her first historical thriller, Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks, published May 16, 2023.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Bio & Awards Amy Hill Hearth". amyhillhearth.com. Amy Hill Hearth. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Fuller, Amy Elisabeth (2009). "Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictu". Contemporary Authors. Vol. 280. Cengage Gale. ISBN 978-1-4144-3432-2.
  3. ^ "Amy Hill Hearth". American Society of Journalists and Authors. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Severo, Richard (January 26, 1999). "Sadie Delany, Witness to Century, Dies at 109". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks (Editorial Reviews)". Amazon.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  6. ^ Hearth, Amy Hill (December 12, 2011). "You Can Fool Mother Nature". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Hearth, Amy Hill (October 2, 2012). Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society. Simon & Schuster.
  8. ^ Hearth, Amy Hill (September 8, 2015). Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County. Simon & Schuster.
  9. ^ Hearth, Amy Hill. Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York. New York: HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books, 2018.
  10. ^ Hearth, Amy Hill. Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks. Ashland, Oregon: Blackstone Publishing, 2023.