About Nora
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Short bio:
Nora Shalaway Carpenter is the contributing editor of the critically acclaimed YA short story 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 list selection, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. 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 of the Year. Her next anthology, Ab(solutely) Normal, is forthcoming from Candlewick and her next novel, Fault Lines, is forthcoming from Running Press Teen. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com, on TikTok @norashalawaycarpenter, or on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
Nora Shalaway Carpenter is the contributing editor of the critically acclaimed YA short story 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 list selection, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. 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 of the Year. Her next anthology, Ab(solutely) Normal, is forthcoming from Candlewick and her next novel, Fault Lines, is forthcoming from Running Press Teen. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com, on TikTok @norashalawaycarpenter, or on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
Longer bio:
A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Art’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program, 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.
Carpenter's next anthology, Ab(solutely) Normal, is forthcoming from Candlewick in spring 2023 and her next novel, Fault Lines, is forthcoming from Running Press Teen in fall 2023. Before she wrote books, she 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 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.
A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Art’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program, 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.
Carpenter's next anthology, Ab(solutely) Normal, is forthcoming from Candlewick in spring 2023 and her next novel, Fault Lines, is forthcoming from Running Press Teen in fall 2023. Before she wrote books, she 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 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.
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