Laura Goode is a poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, feminist, educator, spelling bee kid, avid correspondent, dance party instigator, unicorn master, French fry enthusiast, amateur rapper, and warrior of the heart.
Laura was raised outside Minneapolis, received her BA in English and Comparative Literature and MFA in Writing from Columbia University in the City of New York, and now lives and writes in San Francisco. A dear friend once told her that if a Lifetime movie were ever made about her, it would be entitled “Laura Goode: Heart of Gold, Womb of Steel.” She is gangly, she is an only child, and she was one of the worst marchers in the entire history of the flute section of the Edina High School Marching Band. She loves talking to strangers.
Laura’s first novel for young adults, Sister Mischief, was released by Candlewick Press on July 12, 2011. She is currently writing:
A) a bunch of poems, and you can read some of them here, here, and here,
B) another novel, a noir mystery, that concerns rapture, a dead bartender, a Diana Ross/Tina Turner tribute artist, the former Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, and an iguana tattoo named Ralph,
C) a feature film with Meera Menon, Farah Goes Bang, about three recent college graduates who go on the road in 2004 to campaign for John Kerry and get some play, through Laura and Meera‘s new company, Prospect Place Productions,
D) a Women and Media column for The Faster Times,
E) some notes on her hands about sweet new words like “vellicate,” and “deliquesce” and “deviltry,” or
F) All of the above.