Books By Nora Shalaway Carpenter - Author

Nora Shalaway Carpenter is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts' MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. Her debut YA novel, The Edge of Anything (A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, A Mighty Girl's Best Book of the Year, Cybils Awards finalist), was published by Running Press Teens in spring 2020. She's also editor and contributing author of Rural Voices (an NPR Best Book of the Year, a Junior Library Guild selection), and author of the picture book Yoga Frog. Before she wrote books, Nora worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine and has been a Certified Yoga Teacher since 2012. Originally from rural West Virginia, she currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, three young children, and the world's most patient dog and cat.