Laura C. Stevenson

Laura C. Stevenson is a scholar and writer living in Vermont. An award-winning author for young adults, she has written several books that address disability, without compromising literary interest or excellence.

Laura’s book review column, "One Minute Reviews" has appeared bi-weekly in Wilmington, Vermont’s Deerfield Valley News.

The books reviewed in this series are available through Wilmington's Pettee Memorial Library, the Whitingham Free Public Library, and locally owned Bartleby's Books in Wilmington.

Writing From Life — August 2015

Laura's life experiences and scholarly expertise in history and literature blend into her award-winning articles, oftentimes setting the tone and personalities written into the lives of some of her imaginary characters. Her most recent novel, Return in Kind, is just one example of fiction framed in the landscape of southern Vermont.

Her article, Literary Ladders in the Golden Age of Children's Books was published in The Sewanee Review (2011) and received the Walter Sullivan Prize for achievement in the criticism of fiction. It puts the great burst of children's literature in the 1890s (Kipling, Grahame, Nesbit, Burnett, Beatrix Potter) into the larger context of publishing trends, and has been re-printed many times.

The more personal, Memory, Music and Cochlear Implant was originally published in The Seneca Review (Fall 2009/Spring 2010); also frequently re-printed.