{"id":5222,"date":"2019-03-15T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T19:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T19:44:09","slug":"english-professor-to-release-new-young-adult-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/15\/english-professor-to-release-new-young-adult-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"UMM English professor to release young-adult novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5223\" src=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover.jpg 709w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-92x140.jpg 92w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-317x483.jpg 317w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-423x644.jpg 423w, https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/03\/We-Were-Beautiful-cover-634x966.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An adjunct English professor at the University of Maine at Machias, Heather Hepler, is set to have her new young-adult novel released in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>We Were Beautiful<\/em> follows the journey of Mia Hopkins, a fifteen-year-old girl who is sent to live with her grandmother in New York City after a tragic car accident takes her sister\u2019s life and leaves Mia with permanent scars. The novel explores themes of grief, guilt, friendship and ultimat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ely, redemption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hepler has been teaching at UMM for almost 20 years. She has taught courses on English composition and contemporary literature, and will return to teach a creative writing class this summer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe UMM community has always been so supportive of my writing,\u201d says Hepler. \u201cTeaching here allows me to give back to an up-and-coming community of new writers who are looking for mentorship, support and affirmation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hepler received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of North Texas. She is the author of several young-adult novels, including <em>Frosted Kisses<\/em>, <em>Love? Maybe<\/em>, and <em>The Cupcake Queen<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>We Were Beautiful<\/em> will be published by Blink, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. To learn more about Hepler&#8217;s work, or to pre-order the book, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/heatherhepler.com\">heatherhepler.com.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An adjunct English professor at the University of Maine at Machias, Heather Hepler, is set to have her new young-adult novel released in April. 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