About Nora
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Short bio:
Nora Shalaway Carpenter's debut novel The Edge of Anything was named "Best of the Year" by Bank Street, Kirkus Reviews, and A Mighty Girl, and was a Library of Congress Discover Great Places Through Reading list selection. Her critically acclaimed anthology Rural Voices was an NPR Best Book of the Year, A YALSA Best Fiction YA selection, a TAYSHAS list selection, a Bank Street Best Book, a Whippoorwill Award winner for authentic rural fiction, and a Nautilus Award double winner, among numerous other honors. Her new YA novel, Fault Lines, tells the intertwined story of two rural teens--one with a secret energetic connection to the earth, suffering immensely from damage caused by fracking--and the other depending on fracking completely, his mother's pipelining job being the only thing keeping them off the street. 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. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com.
Nora Shalaway Carpenter's debut novel The Edge of Anything was named "Best of the Year" by Bank Street, Kirkus Reviews, and A Mighty Girl, and was a Library of Congress Discover Great Places Through Reading list selection. Her critically acclaimed anthology Rural Voices was an NPR Best Book of the Year, A YALSA Best Fiction YA selection, a TAYSHAS list selection, a Bank Street Best Book, a Whippoorwill Award winner for authentic rural fiction, and a Nautilus Award double winner, among numerous other honors. Her new YA novel, Fault Lines, tells the intertwined story of two rural teens--one with a secret energetic connection to the earth, suffering immensely from damage caused by fracking--and the other depending on fracking completely, his mother's pipelining job being the only thing keeping them off the street. 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. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com.
Longer bio:
Nora Shalaway Carpenter is contributing editor of the critically acclaimed anthology Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America, which was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, a YALSA Best Fiction YA selection, a TAYSHAS 2022 selection, a Bank Street Best Book, a Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, a double Nautilus award winner, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
Her debut YA novel The Edge of Anything was named a Bank Street Best Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and A Mighty Girl Best Book, in addition to being a Cybils Awards finalist.
Before she wrote books, Carpenter worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has presented around the country, including at the YALSA Symposium, the National Council for the Teachers of English, the Summit on the Research and Teaching of YA Literature, and the Highlights Foundation, where she serves as faculty for the Whole Novel Workshop.
Originally from rural West Virginia, Carpenter currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, three young children, and the world’s most patient dog and cat. She is a vocal and passionate advocate for the normalization of mental health and the deconstruction of harmful stereotyping, particularly of rural people and places. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com or on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
Nora Shalaway Carpenter is contributing editor of the critically acclaimed anthology Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America, which was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, a YALSA Best Fiction YA selection, a TAYSHAS 2022 selection, a Bank Street Best Book, a Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, a double Nautilus award winner, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
Her debut YA novel The Edge of Anything was named a Bank Street Best Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and A Mighty Girl Best Book, in addition to being a Cybils Awards finalist.
Before she wrote books, Carpenter worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has presented around the country, including at the YALSA Symposium, the National Council for the Teachers of English, the Summit on the Research and Teaching of YA Literature, and the Highlights Foundation, where she serves as faculty for the Whole Novel Workshop.
Originally from rural West Virginia, Carpenter currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, three young children, and the world’s most patient dog and cat. She is a vocal and passionate advocate for the normalization of mental health and the deconstruction of harmful stereotyping, particularly of rural people and places. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com or on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
Nora Shalaway Carpenter is represented by Victoria Wells Arms of Wells Arms Literary, in association with HG Literary.
Press Sheets
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