Laura is a multiracial writer with roots in Hawai’i and the Midwest. Her fiction can be found in the New England Review, The Pinch, Boulevard, Indiana Review, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. She was a finalist for the New England Review‘s 2021 Award for Emerging Writers, received a 2019 Hedgebrook residency, and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Laura was born in Southern California and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on a novel and a collection of stories.
Published Work
We’ll Meet in the Wilderness, New England Review (forthcoming in 2024)
First Person, The Pinch
Something with Wings, Indiana Review
Snow Mountain, New England Review
(Pushcart Prize nominee)
Evidence of GOD, The Florida Review
Amongst the Calphrygians, The Chaffin Journal
(Pushcart Prize nominee)
Happy Family Plan, Boulevard
Awards
Finalist, New England Review‘s Award for Emerging Writers
Writer-in-Residence, Hedgebrook
Finalist, Artist-in-Residence, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Willapa Bay Artist-in-Residence (declined)
Contact
Instagram: @schmittpod
Bluesky: @schmittpod.bsky.social