A.E. Hearn
A.E. Hearn is a writer, musician, and avid golfer who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Hearn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Columbia College, where she also dabbled in screenwriting and directing under her Minors of English and Film Studies. In 2016, Hearn was a guest speaker for a Freshman Poetry class for her own work written in a Creative Writing - Poetry class. The following year, she had the honor of being the Introduction Speaker for Author Sarah Manguso at a book reading put on by the CC English department. Hearn was able to present more of her own unpublished work of poetry and creative nonfiction for two years in the Central Methodist University's Humanities Conference in 2017 and 2018.
After a year of being an editor and managing editor on the Columbia College Literary Review, Hearn was elected Editor-in-Chief in 2018. Her time as an editor and managing the review helped her to realize that while she loved writing and presenting short creative pieces like poetry and short stories, Hearn wanted her own work and the action book series she had dreamed up since middle school published on even bigger platforms.
Throughout her time in school, Hearn has received six honorary awards, most notably The Elizabeth Award in 2019 - given annually to a distinguished graduating senior female student who has outstanding accomplishments in leadership, volunteerism, community service and involvement with the Columbia College community. She was the second student to receive this award since it was first established in 2018 and has her name displayed on a plaque inside the school.
Hearn has been a member of the Army Reserves since 2014 and currently serves as a 1st Lieutenant. Genesis Mortalis: Book 1 of the Take It Trilogy is Hearn’s debut novel and was originally written as a film script based on her love for espionage and action movies. She is currently working on finishing the next two books in the Take It Trilogy, a novel about an orphaned cellist, and an action war thriller.
