Laura Mcneal

Laura McNeal received a master's degree in fiction writing from Syracuse University. She taught middle school and high school English before becoming a novelist and journalist. She has written several books with her husband Tom McNeal including Crooked, winner of the California Book Award for Juvenile Literature; Zipped, winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's Literature; Crushed; and The Decoding of Lana Morris. Dark Water is her first solo title and was a finalist for the National Book Award.