About the Artist
Laurel Abell is a KidLit columnist (Harford’s Heart Magazine), blogger (Professor YaYa, the Anti-Critic & Wild Things), and adjunct professor, teaching creative & critical writing at Stevenson University. She holds a BS from Towson University in English/writing (sum cum laude, 2014) and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts (2018). Laurel spends most of her creative time composing & revising picture books and middle grade novels. Her stories, articles, & poetry have been published in several magazines, journals, and anthologies.
