Laurie Morrison

Laurie Morrison is the co-author of Every Shiny Thing and the author of Up for Air, Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs, Coming Up Short, and the forthcoming Keeping Pace, which features friends-turned-rivals training for a half-marathon. When Laurie was in her 20s, she fell in love with distance running and ran three marathons and several half-marathons. Laurie has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and her middle-grade novels have received starred reviews and been chosen as Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and finalists for state award lists. She lives with her family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she teaches middle school language arts.