Laura Turner is an honorary graduate of Nazareth University’s English Literature program. Her essays and short stories have been published most notably in Spillwords Press (feature and nomination for story of the month), Micromance Magazine, Eve Magazine, Conceit Magazine, and Editor’s Choice in the Friday Flash Fiction literary journal.

She has received nominations for BestMicrofiction 2025, the Edinburgh Literary Award, and longlisted for The Cupid Prize, Excellence in Love Literature. She is a former medical student and lives in Upstate New York.

Turner’s short story “A Holiday Homecoming” appears in Home for the Holidays: A Christmastime Anthology (2025). Follow Turner on Instagram @lauraturnerauthor, Facebook @lauraturnerauthor, and her author website.