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Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti is the author of eight books of fiction and non-fiction, including the novels Ticknor, Motherhood and How Should a Person Be? and the story collection The Middle Stories. She was named one of ‘The New Vanguard’ by The New York Times book critics; a list of fifteen women writers from around the world who are ‘shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st Century.’ Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages.


What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

Sheila Heti on the British Philosopher's Memoir, Germs
February 2, 2021  By Sheila Heti
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Sheila Heti on the Importance of Finding Trusted Readers

"Friends who read drafts of my books are my most cherished readers."
November 16, 2020  By Sheila Heti
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‘What If You Get Pregnant? Would You Be Okay with That?’

Read from Sheila Heti's New Novel, Motherhood
May 11, 2018  By Sheila Heti
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Sheila Heti on the Woman Who Changed Her Life

At 17, Alone in the Wilds of the City
November 12, 2015  By Sheila Heti
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