Nan Higginson
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Teacher, Journalist, Writer |
| Location | Long Island, New York |
| Introduction | 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. |