Laurie Gray

Laurie Gray earned her B.A. from Goshen College and her J.D. from Indiana University School of Law. Between college and law school, she taught high school Spanish, working summers as an interpreter in Guatemala. An experienced trial attorney and child advocate, Laurie is the founder of Socratic Parenting LLC (www.SocraticParenting.com). Laurie's debut novel Summer Sanctuary received a Moonbeam Gold Medal for excellence in young adult fiction and was named a 2011 Indiana Best Book Finalist. She has two additional novels and a parenting book scheduled for publication through Luminis Books: Maybe I Will (2013), Just Myrto (2014), and A Simple Guide to Socratic Parenting (2014). A former deputy prosecutor, Laurie is the co-author of The ABC’s of Sexual Assault: Anatomy, Bunk and the Courtroom (2015). In addition to writing, speaking and consulting through Socratic Parenting LLC, Laurie currently works as an adjunct professor at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana.