Stuff
My life in 8 words: "love write swim walk kayak read play teach"
Related multimedia
Video
1 to 2 of 2-
1. Ursula Hegi Talks About Her New Novel The Worst Thing I'v...02:2531283758001 -
2. Meet Ursula Hegi02:2527792713001
See more multimedia
January 5, 2009
When I came to America as an eighteen-year old, my written English was quite good because I had studied English in School since...
Read More
Children and Fire will be released on May 08, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 11, 2012
Stones From the River will be released on February 21, 2012 in Audio Download
Feb 01, 2012
Ursula Hegi The Burgdorf Cycle Boxed Set will be released on July 05, 2011 in eBook
Jul 05, 2011
Ursula Hegi The Burgdorf Cycle Boxed Set is now available in eBook
Jul 05, 2011
Hotel of the Saints is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
Children and Fire is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 24, 2011
Children and Fire will be released on May 24, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
May 24, 2011
Salt Dancers will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
The Vision of Emma Blau is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
The Vision of Emma Blau will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
Hotel of the Saints will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
Salt Dancers is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
Tearing the Silence will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
Tearing the Silence is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Children and FireMay 20, 2011
Author Appearances have been announced:
Find Ursula Hegi appearancesMar 11, 2011
Ursula Hegi's Books
-
Stones From the RiverStones from the River is Ursula Hegi’s daring, dramatic, and complex novel of life in Germany through an unspeakable time.Read More
-
-
Hotel of the SaintsBestselling author Ursula Hegi’s mesmerizing story collection balances readers on the magical border of laughter and sorrow.Read More
-
The Vision of Emma BlauUrsula Hegi’s The Vision of Emma Blau is the luminous epic of a bicultural family filled with passion and aspirations, tragedy, and redemption.Read More
-
Salt DancersSalt Dancers is Ursula Hegi’s poignant and superbly written novel of self-discovery and the power of resurrection.Read More
-
Children and FireSet in Burgdorf, Germany, Hegi's CHILDREN AND FIRE tells the story of a single day that will forever transform the lives of the townspeople.Read More
-
Floating in My Mother's PalmBestselling author Ursula Hegi presents a compelling and mystical story of a young girl growing up in 1950s Germany.Read More
-
Unearned Pleasures and Other StoriesBestselling author Ursula Hegi focuses on the problems of love—familial, parental, conjugal, and emergent—in this stunning collection of...Read More
-
The Worst Thing I've DoneA young woman embarks on a poignant voyage of self-discovery and comes to terms with the aftermath of one horrible choice that changes everything.Read More
-
Sacred TimeThe bestselling author of Stones from the River delivers the unforgettable story of an endearing, but also flawed, Italian American family.Read More
Displaying 1 of
Authors on the Web
East Hampton Star, February 11, 2012
...heads nodding in appreciation. Among them: the short story with Jay McInerney and Melissa Bank, the novel with Ursula Hegi, fiction with Meg Wolitzer, memoir with Roger Rosenblatt, the personal essay with David Rakoff, creative nonfiction with Matthew...
Advertiser Democrat, November 18, 2011
..."The Buddha in the Attic," Julie Otsuka; "The Cat's Table," Michael Ondaatje; "Children and Fire," Ursula Hegi; "The Cut," George Pelecanos; "The Dovekeepers," Alice Hoffman; "The Echo Chamber," Luke Williams; "The End of the Wasp Season," Denise Mina;...
Louisville.com, October 31, 2011
...well-established writers as poets David Ray and Michael Burkhead, as well as New York Times Bestseller fiction writer, Ursula Hegi. But this local mag does not limit themselves solely to big names and banner titles, The Louisville Review is also...
STLtoday.com, July 22, 2011
...t planning to order any books, the choices actually were pretty good picks: � Children and Fire By Ursula Hegi Fans of Ursula Hegi will be thrilled with this new work. Although Children and Fire tells the story of a single day that will forever...
XpatLoop.com, July 20, 2011
...a half century of Hungarian history, balancing the impact of loss and courage, of bliss and sorrow.” - Ursula Hegi, author of Stones From The River “Stringing together scenes from Éva/Anca’s life in episodic fashion, Shea writes beautifully and...
Calgary Herald, June 27, 2011
...the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi (Simon & Schuster, $28.99). The latest from the author of Stones From the River is about a teacher in a German town in 1934 who is...
Canada.com, June 27, 2011
...the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi (Simon & Schuster, $28.99). The latest from the author of Stones From the River is about a teacher in a German town in 1934 who is...
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, September 17, 2011
...Maya Angelou)Who are your favorite authors of all time? Besides Ralph Ellison, Simone de Beauvoir, Maya Angelou, Ursula Hegi, Toni Morrison, Lisa See, Sue Monk Kidd - who are favorites, my absolute favorites are Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood....
The Betty and Boo Chronicles, July 17, 2011
...to say. What I would have said was probably how much I was loving Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi, who joins the aforementioned Michael Cunningham as one of my favorite authors. (To learn why she is, you need to read my review.) Arrggh, Blogger just...
The Betty and Boo Chronicles, July 11, 2011
...Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi Scribner 2011 272 pages "That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also." Heinrich Heine Books selected for Oprah's Book Club...
Bonology.com, June 26, 2011
...that their stories read less like a premeditated imposition than obedience to the whispered suggestions of the universe. Ursula Hegi belongs to this second category, and she attends not to a single dollhouse but to an entire imagined village. Again and...
The Betty and Boo Chronicles, June 26, 2011
...Peer Pressure Can Transform the World, by Tina Rosenberg By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Children and Fire, by Ursula Hegi Horoscopes for the Dead, Poems by Billy Collins The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant, by...
Courage 2 Create, June 10, 2011
...by Dave Eggars The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingslover Anything by Kathleen Woodiwiss Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi NON-FICTION BOOKS Recommendations taken from 5 Books You MUST Read Before You Die {Non-Fiction} You Were Born For This:...
Courage 2 Create, June 10, 2011
...by Dave Eggars The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingslover Anything by Kathleen Woodiwiss Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi NON-FICTION BOOKS Recommendations taken from 5 Books You MUST Read Before You Die {Non-Fiction} You Were Born For This:...
