A nurse-midwife by training, Laura has worked in direct client care and in public health programmes domestically and overseas for almost twenty years. A love of exploring new landscapes has taken her to over forty countries, serving extended posts in Malawi, Tanzania, eSwatini, and Pakistan. She has authored a number of technical and creative non-fiction journal publications, and Those Who Eat Like Crocodiles is her first book. Laura lives with her husband and two young daughters in Baltimore, Maryland.