Emily Habeck is an alumna of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, where she received a BFA in theatre, as well as Vanderbilt Divinity School and Vanderbilt's Peabody College.
She is from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Shark Heart is her first novel.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Emily Habeck recommends

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