Whether penning a memoir, editing an anthology, writing flash fiction or telling stories live, Laura McHale Holland’s aim as an artist is to engage people and touch them in ways that matter. Resilient Ruin: A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed, Laura’s fourth published book, is a coming of age memoir.

Her first memoir, Reversible Skirt, won a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards. The Ice Cream Vendor’s Song, her collection of very short fiction, won an honorable mention from Readers Favorite in 2015. The anthology Sisters Born, Sisters Found: A Diversity of Voices on Sisterhood contains work from 76 writers across the globe. It placed first in the women’s issues category in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and was a finalist for IndieFab Book of the Year in 2015. In addition, two of Laura’s short plays have been produced in Sonoma County, where she lives with her husband and their two tiny, rambunctious dogs.

For more info on Laura, visit lauramchaleholland.com, where you can receive a free ebook of punchy, short-short stories available only to her newsletter subscribers.