Heather O'Donnell

Heather O'Donnell got her start in rare books in the 90s, sorting fiction on the floor of the Strand, shelving photobooks in the Avery Library, and working as a curatorial assistant at the Beinecke. For seven years, she was a bookseller in the New York gallery of Bauman Rare Books, and in 2011, she launched Honey & Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn, specializing in literary and cultural history. Heather represents the Mid-Atlantic Chapter on the ABAA Board of Governors, teaches at the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar, and runs the annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize.