Laura Moriarty earned a degree is social work before returning for her M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. She was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. She currenly lives with her daughter in Lawrence, Kansas.
""Jodi Picoult fans, listen up! Here, finally, is Someone as good as she is... A"" ""Laura Moriarty writes with unflinching honesty and clear-eyed compassion...I carried this book everywhere I went."" -- Jacquelyn Mitchard ""Laura Moriarty's raw, honest novel about an ordinary family whose life changes in one extraordinary moment resonates like an emotional tuning fork. You'll be asking yourself what you would do in this situation, long after you've finished reading."" -- Jodi Picoult