Photo credit Tina Wood Photography
bio
Laura Resau is the author of The Alchemy of Flowers, The River Muse (May 2026), and eleven acclaimed books for young people. Her books have won five Colorado Book Awards and spots on “best-of” booklists from Oprah, the American Library Association, and more.
Trilingual, she’s lived in Provence and Oaxaca, and studied cultural anthropology and languages. She teaches graduate creative writing at Western Colorado University.
You might find her writing in her cozy vintage trailer in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she lives with her rock-hound husband, musician son, wild husky, and a hundred house plants.
Here you can find a longer bio with glimpses of Laura’s travels and time abroad.
Photo credit: Tina Wood Photography
podcast/video
The Sh*t About Writing Podcast
The Sh*t About Writing Video
The Writing Table Podcast
Making it Up Video Interview
Making it Up Podcast Interview
Turn the Page Podcast Interview
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Cantina Book Club Podcast
Springboard Podcast Creativity
Springboard Podcast New Ventures
Springboard Podcast on Alchemy
recent print articles
The Colorado Sun
Paste Magazine
Writers Digest
5280 Magazine
Bookbub Readworthy
Women Writers, Women’s Books
Fanbase Press
NoCo Style Magazine
The Colorado Sun (Children’s Books)
media inquiries
Please contact me at LauraResau(at)gmail(dot)com with a clear subject and I will connect you to the right publicist if needed.
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For author photos, please give credit. For the first five photos, credit Tina Wood Photography. For the photo of Laura in a leather poncho looking to the side, please credit Harper Point Photography. For the photo of Maria Virginia and Laura, credit Ken Burgess Photography. Thanks!