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GUDENKAUF, Heather. (Wagner, SD-- ) | GUDENKAUF, Heather. (Wagner, SD-- ). In September, 2010 Gudenkauf was the ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author for her first novel, '''The Weight of Silence.''' | ||
Gaudenkauf was the youngest of six children. As a newborn, her family returned to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her father was a guidance counselor and her mother was a school nurse. At the age of three, her family moved to Iowa. Born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, she used books as a retreat and became a voracious reader. | Gaudenkauf was the youngest of six children. As a newborn, her family returned to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her father was a guidance counselor and her mother was a school nurse. At the age of three, her family moved to Iowa. Born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, she used books as a retreat and became a voracious reader. | ||
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GUDENKAUF, Heather. (Wagner, SD-- ). In September, 2010 Gudenkauf was the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author for her first novel, The Weight of Silence.
Gaudenkauf was the youngest of six children. As a newborn, her family returned to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her father was a guidance counselor and her mother was a school nurse. At the age of three, her family moved to Iowa. Born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, she used books as a retreat and became a voracious reader.
In 2010 as a graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in elementary education, Gudenkauf was an Instructional Coach, an educator offering curricular and professional support to teachers, in the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.