Laura HoltzWhen she is not writing, Chicago native Laura Holtz is assembling college care packages for her eldest son, running her middle guy to the climbing gym, or launching a search and rescue operation to pull her teenage daughter from a sea of rejected outits on the bedroom floor. Laura graduated from Northwestern University back when applications were submitted in hard copy and Allison Hall was still a single-sex dorm. She spent her junior year studying in London where she developed an appreciation for Charles Dickens and clotted cream. She took a mid-career break from her job in sales promotion to accept a graduate teaching fellowship and earn a master's degree in Special Education. When the head of the creative department at her former agency went on maternity leave, however, Laura could not refuse the offer to step into her dream job. She remained in the corporate world until she had children. Laura has taken on copywriting jobs ranging from industrial sales brochures to an ad campaign that ran on Chicago Transit Authority buses for two years. She put her talent for writing toasts in rhymed verse to use by composing book and lyrics for her original musical Gatecrashers, which was a finalist in the Ball State University Discovery New Musical Theatre Festival. Laura is a passionate cyclist and an avid wanderluster. She knows how to say, Coffee with whipped cream, please, in seven languages. She likes to believe that there is no problem a little YouTube karaoke can't solve. Clogs, avocados, and a great coparenting arrangement with her ex-husband are among the things for which Laura is grateful, but the thing that gives her purpose is the privilege of being Henry, William and Kat's mom. Read More Read Less