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Short bio:
Nora Shalaway Carpenter's most recent works include THE EDGE OF ANYTHING (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020) and RURAL VOICES: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America (an NPR Best Book of 2020, Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com or on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
Nora Shalaway Carpenter's most recent works include THE EDGE OF ANYTHING (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020) and RURAL VOICES: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America (an NPR Best Book of 2020, Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com 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 the author of the YA contemporary novel, THE EDGE OF ANYTHING (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020) and contributing editor of RURAL VOICES: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America( an NPR Best Book of 2020, Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). Before she wrote books, Nora worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine. Originally from rural West Virginia, she currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, three young children, and the world’s most patient dog and cat. 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 the author of the YA contemporary novel, THE EDGE OF ANYTHING (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020) and contributing editor of RURAL VOICES: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America( an NPR Best Book of 2020, Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club selection, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection). Before she wrote books, Nora worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine. Originally from rural West Virginia, she currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, three young children, and the world’s most patient dog and cat. 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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Cover art and illustrations by Mark Chambers.
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