Nora Shalaway Carpenter

A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Art's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program, Nora Shalaway Carpenter is the author of The Edge of Anything, editor and contributing author of Rural Voices, 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.