Sara Jordan-Heintz is a writer, editor, historian and award-winning newspaper journalist. She has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines, ranging from human interest stories, business profiles, non-profit sector, education, women's issues, local and regional history, antiques and collectibles, health and wellness, animal welfare, and more.
Her cultural critique of the 1950-era Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book was published in the Queen's Quarterly summer 2022 issue. It is a Canadian peer-reviewed academic journal of cultural studies that was established in 1893. Over the years, the list of those who have contributed to the Quarterly is impressive and includes: Sinclair Ross, Margaret Laurence, W.O. Mitchell and Margaret Atwood.
She is the editor of the horror anthology "Behind the Shadows" released in September 2023 by Inkd Publishing.
Her short story "Escaping" was included in the June 2022 anthology "Movement: Our Bodies in Action" and in the August 2022 "Jewels in the Queen's Crown" anthology, both released by Sweetycat Press.
Her latest book "The Incredible Life and Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen" (2023) is based on years of research and features exclusive new material and interviews.
Her short horror story “The Reprisal” was published in Savage Realms Press' volume I anthology "Symphony of the Damned." (2022).
Her sci-fi/fantasy story “The Acquisition of Vidalia Somerset” was published in Inkd Publishing’s anthology "Hidden Villains" (2022).
Her poem “The Sounds of Nature” was published in the poetry anthology "World Common Literature" by India-based poet Sourav Sarkar in December 2021. Her poem “A.H. Haiku” was published in the poetry book "Cooch Behar Anthology" by India-based poet Sourav Sarkar (2022).
Jordan-Heintz is the author of "Going Hollywood: Midwesterners in Movieland," (2019) the first book of its kind to chronicle the story behind the story of twelve Hollywood legends from America’s Heartland: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Anne Baxter, Jean Seberg, Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, Rock Hudson, Marilyn Maxwell, Jane Wyman and Louella Parsons.
Her debut work of fiction, "A Day Saved is a Day Earned", a novella set in 1961, is available as an eBook. It was also published in Rod Serling Books’ inaugural anthology "Submitted For Your Approval" in 2015, edited by Anne Serling, rereleased in 2022.
Her short stories (primarily speculative fiction), have been published in the following: “101 Words,” “Red Planet Magazine,” “365 Tomorrows,” “Friday Flash Fiction,” "Better Than Starbucks," "Potato Soup Journal,” “Blink Ink” and “The Mambo Academy of Kitty Wang.”
Her sci-fi/fantasy short story “Skeptic in the Woods” was published in Brilliant Flash Fiction’s print anthology "Branching Out" (2021).
Her short story “Sardines” was nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize for Best Small Fictions and the Best Microfiction by "The Mambo Academy of Kitty Wang."
Jordan-Heintz is a recipient of the Genevieve Mauck Stoufer Outstanding Young Iowa Journalists Award from the Iowa Newspaper Association, and has received honors from the Associated Press (2018).
She began writing for her family business, Midwest Today magazine, at age 14. For that publication, she has written everything from fashion and advice columns, recipe guides, restaurant reviews and feature stories.
Her articles have appeared in: Iowa Historical Review, Antique Trader, Farm Collector, Rock & Gem, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Collectors Journal, Barr’s Postcard News & Ephemera, Antique Back Roads, Antique Doll Collector, Auction Central News, Classic Images: The Newspaper of Film Fandom, Electrical Apparatus magazine, Queen’s Quarterly (based in Canada), Iowa Grocery Industry Association, The Witness, Equine Wellness, Animal Wellness, Discover Vintage America, DM Juice, MSN, Hola America News and Cooch Behar magazine (based in India).
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies and history from the University of Iowa.
She lives in Iowa with her husband Andy Heintz, whose debut book "Dissidents of the International Left" was published by New Internationalist (2019).
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