Laura Wadsworth Carter is a native of Oxford, Alabama, and is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Montevallo. She received a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2008 and a Master of Education in 2009. Her first novel, The Elect, was published in 2016 by Clean Reads, and she now additionally writes picture books and middle grade fiction. When not teaching American history to teenagers, hunting for caffeine, or writing fiction, she spends her time with her musical husband, their hilarious son whose energy knows no bounds, and two ridiculous dogs. Together, they live in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama.
