Writer + Editor
Heather Hogan was born and raised in rural Georgia, and now spends her days writing from her home in New York City, with her wife and their clowder of rescue cats. Her writing can be found at the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Self, The Sick Times, Autostraddle, and more. Her essay, “The Soft Butch That Couldn’t (Or: I Got COVID-19 and Never Got Better),” was selected for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's 2021 Best American Science and Nature Writing. She was also a contributor to The Long Covid Survival Guide and is a member of The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Heather is represented by Jessica Friedman at Sterling Lord Literistic.
She currently publishes weekly on Substack.
Experience
Engagement Editor → The Sick Times, 2024-Current
Managing Editor + Social Media Director → Autostraddle, 2014-2023
Senior Editor + Social Media Director →
Logo + MTV, 2010-2014
Writer → Logo + MTV, 2008-2010
Appearances
Heather has presented, moderated, and participated on panels at New York Comic Con, New York Public Library, Flame Con, OutFest, NewFest, NYU, NPR, CBC, 5th Ave. Barnes and Noble, NYC's Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore, The Ripped Bodice, and A-Camp (Autostraddle’s queer adult summer camp). She has also scripted and hosted events for HBO.
“Heather is one of the writers who’s helped me the most with navigating who I am and who I want to be.”
— Autostraddle reader Kelley
“Heather’s writing is always a gift to us, her readers. I thank her from the bottom of my nerdy, queer, tomboy femme heart.”
— Autostraddle reader Cleo