Laura blogs at www.laurasconfessions.com. She has published poetry, and educational and travel articles. As an English teacher in various settings for the past thirty years, she has also created English and writing curriculum. She and her husband, Brendan, live near Santa Cruz, California with their two youngest children, a crazy cat and a snake. When she's not home schooling her daughter or writing, she enjoys watching ice hockey and rugby with her husband, playing with her kids and grand kids, walking at the beach, and playing guitar. Oh, and reading.