Heidi W. Durrow (born June 21, 1969) is an American writer, author of best-seller[1] The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, and the winner of the 2008 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
[2][3] Durrow, the daughter of a Danish immigrant and an African-American Air Force man, grew up in part overseas in Turkey, Germany, and Denmark.
Durrow's career began at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City, where she worked as a corporate litigator on antitrust, commercial contracts, and employment discrimination cases.
The Festival presented films, readings, workshops, a family event, and the largest West Coast "((Loving Day celebration))".
The book won the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction (2008)[10] and was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Author (2010)[11] and Carnegie Medal (2011).