Laura Resau

Laura Resau is the author of eleven acclaimed books for young people, and two adult novels. Her children's and young adult books have won five Colorado Book Awards and spots on “best-of” booklists from Oprah, the American Library Association, and more.

Trilingual, she’s lived in Provence and Oaxaca, and studied cultural anthropology and languages. She teaches graduate creative writing at Western Colorado University. You might find her writing in her cozy vintage trailer in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she lives with her rock-hound husband, musician son, wild husky, and a hundred house plants.