Laurie Fox

Laurie Fox is the author of the autobiographical novel, My Sister from the Black Lagoon (Simon & Schuster; Publishers Weekly starred review; full-page New York Times Book Review), The Lost Girls (Simon & Schuster; featured in USA Today) and the "interactive" haiku poetry book, Sexy Hieroglyphics (Chronicle Books). In turn, she has published two chapbooks, Sweeping Beauty: Notes on Cinderella and I Love Walt (both from Illuminati), and her poetry has been included in several literary journals. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz in Creative Writing and Theatre, Laurie has written and performed in many theatre and performance art works. A former bookseller of both new and antiquarian books, Laurie was a longtime creative writing teacher and freelance editor. She is presently working on a new novel as well as completing the book for a musical, "anotherwhere" (a sample of the songs can be heard on MySpace.com/anotherwhere. A native of Los Angeles, Laurie currently resides in Berkeley, CA, in author Philip K. Dick's teenaged home. And yes, she does dream of electric sheep!