Nan Higginson

• Gender: Female
• Occupation: Teacher, Journalist, Writer
• Location: Long Island : New York

About Me

I'm an eternal optimist. In my twenties I wanted to be a back up singer for Tina Turner or Bette Midler. (Scrap my teaching career and get my mojo working!) The fact that I sing off key (with white chick flamboyance) sort of nixed that option, but I boldly pressed on. Although I planned to be an art teacher, my lack of talent was a reality I had to accept. I switched to teaching social studies, then added English teacher to my credits, then morphed into getting creds as a writer. Talk about your happy endings! Originally from way upstate NY, I'm a country girl underneath all the hoopla. I'm passionate about Native American issues and am most interested in the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)- gotta love those eastern woodland Natives! My stories about two teachers really exploit my multiple personalities: professional woman versus wife and mom; ethnographer versus homebody; extrovert versus introvert. No need for me to schedule a psych appointment, I just fire up my laptop and let my inner child loose! Happiness is being a writer!

Interests

• Meeting exotic people
• talking with kids - okay that's redundant -
• traveling
• reading
• the theatre (especially musicals)
• critiquing other peoples' work
• hugging trees
• catching snowflakes
• and (DUH!) WRITING!

Favorite Movies

• Comedies with a message like TOOTSIE
• Madcap comedies like MEN IN BLACK or anything Monty Pythonish
• Cultural comedies like SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

Favorite Music

• DIXIE CHICKS anyone?
• The Divine Miss M
• Ladysmith Black Mombaso
• Paul Simon
• hip hop
• R&B
• some Gospel
• not much operatic
• Elton John
• Billy Joel
• show tunes
• and a whole lotta others.

Favorite Books

• Books by Louise Erdrich
• T. C. Boyle
• Anne Tyler
• Toni Morrison
• all of Harry Potter
• GRAPES OF WRATH
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
• CANDIDE
• METAMORPHOSIS
• THE STRANGE INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT
• mysteries by Janet Evanovich
• Tony Hellerman
• Michael Connelly
• Lee Child
• Michael Crichton
• Dan Brown
• John Grisham
• et. al.

My Blogs	Team Members
Women of Mystery	Lois Karlin Terrie Farley Moran Clare2e Elaine Will Sparber Laura K. Curtis Kathleen A. Ryan Gail Stockton Cathi Stoler