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A native of rural West Virginia, Nora Shalaway Carpenter lives and writes in the mountains of North Carolina. Her young adult novels and anthologies have been named "Best of the Year" by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Bank Street Books, and A Mighty Girl, and have won accolades including the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, the Whippoorwill Award for authentic rural fiction, and the Nautilus Award championing "better books for a better world." Nora holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and serves as faculty for the Highlights Foundation's Whole Novel Workshop and Intro to Short Fiction class.
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Hi, I'm Nora, lover of all things wild. My novels weave in social justice themes because as people living in the world, these themes impact all of us. With my books, I aim to provide great stories while also provoking deep and critical thought about those themes.
Similarly, as an anthologist, I prefer to curate stories centered around social justice concerns, ie human concerns, with the specific goals of highlighting diverse viewpoints and introducing new, emerging voices alongside established, award-winning authors. |
