AWARD-WINNING
Poet, Author, & Educator
About Laura
Laura Shovan is an author, educator, and Pushcart Prize nominated poet. She wrote the award-winning children's novels The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Takedown, and the Sydney Taylor Notable A Place at the Table (co-authored with Saadia Faruqi), which was selected for New York Public Library’s Reading America: 250 Years, 250 Books. Her latest poetry collection is Welcome to Monsterville. A veteran poet-in-the-schools, Laura has taught for Boyds Mills, SCBWI, Whale Rock Writing Workshops, Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers, and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She currently mentors teen writers in the Navigating the Margins author program.
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“A delightfully surprising collection of poetry and art that is sure to inspire its readers to pick up a pen and explore their own creativity.”
— Jarrett Lerner, author of A Work in Progress
“Master poet Laura Shovan gives us a verbal hug with words of acceptance and appreciation that we all can use right now”
— Janet Wong, author of You Have to Write
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