Laura Benedict is the Edgar- and ITW Thriller Award-nominated author six novels of dark suspense. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, PANK, on NPR, and in numerous anthologies like Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers, and St. Louis Noir.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and claims both as hometowns.
She originated and edited the Surreal South Anthology of Short Fiction Series with her husband, Pinckney Benedict, and edited Feeding Kate, a charity anthology, for their press, Gallowstree Press.
