Alabama Authors Directory
The Alabama Authors Directory is a resource for readers, editors, publishers, educators, librarians, program planners, and the simply curious to discover and learn more about writers with connections to the state.
Authors directly submit their entries via this form, including publications, availability for programs and workshops, and contact information. Easily searchable and updated, the directory will grow and become more valuable with each entry.
Alabama authors are writing in every genre, for every age and interest, and in just about every corner of the world. From the new and emerging to the underknown to the best known, the Alabama Authors Directory is a resource to discover writers and works that reflect our rich, lively literary culture.
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Mary Heglar
Hometown: Birmingham, AL Lives in: Birmingham, AL
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- Email: maryannaise@gmail.com
- Website: http://www.maryannaiseheglar.com
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About Mary Heglar
Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Children and Young Adults, Journalism
Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote
Bio: Mary Annaïse Heglar is the author of Troubled Waters (Harper Muse, 2024) and The World is Ours to Cherish (Random House Kids, 2024). She is also known for her essays that dissect and interrogate the climate crisis, drawing heavily on her personal experience as a Black woman with deep roots in the South. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Nation, The Boston Globe, Vox, Rolling Stone, and other outlets. Her work has also been featured in collections like All We Can Save, The World …Read More
Works:
Troubled Waters, novel from Harper Muse, May 2024
The World is Ours to Cherish, children’s book from Random House Kids, February 2024
Awards:
SEAL Environmental Journalism Award, 2020
Green Earth Book Award, 2025 (for The World is Ours to Cherish)
2024 Child Health Advocate Arts & Media Award from the Children’s Environmental Health Network (for The World is Ours to Cherish)
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