Background
She was born in 1977 and graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1999.
She was born in 1977 and graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1999.
Harvard University; University of Michigan.
She received her Master"s in Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2003. She taught high school English at Marin Academy. In 2009, she became engaged to fellow Harvard alumnus and writer Daniel Mason, author of The Piano Tuner and A Far Country.
After focusing on lost art looted during World World War II for her first novel, she is currently writing her second book on a pianist searching for Hindemith"s lost piano concerto after ruining his right hand practicing Brahms" Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major.
Houghteling"s first novel,, was published in 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf.