lauramc
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer and Writing Teacher |
| Location | East Montpelier, VT, United States |
| Introduction | Laura Williams McCaffrey is a full-time writer and writing teacher. Her third novel, which will be released by Clarion Books, is a dystopic fantasy for teens. She’s the author of two children's fantasy novels, Water Shaper and Alia Waking. Water Shaper was selected for the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007 list. Alia Waking was named an International Reading Association Notable Book. It was also a nominee for the annual Teens’ Top Ten Books list and for Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award. A passionate advocate for the arts in education, Laura is on faculty at Solstice, the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College. Additionally, she teaches writing and literature at Pacem Learning Community, a learning center for homeschoolers. She lives in a small house in the woods with her husband, regionally acclaimed musician Colin McCaffrey, and their daughters. For more about her or her work, visit: http://www.laurawilliamsmccaffrey.com or http://laurawilliamsmccaffrey.wordpress.com/ |
| Interests | reading, writing, teaching, children's literature, YA literature, speculative fiction literature, creative writing |