About Laura

Laura grew up in small towns near U.S. Air Force bases and holds an MA in fiction writing from Syracuse University. She has been married to the novelist Tom McNeal for more than 25 years, collaborating with him on four critically-acclaimed young adults novels and two boys.  She has published three solo novels--Dark Water, The Incident on the Bridge, and The Practice House, and an anthology of three true crime novellas called You Can't Leave Me Now.  She is presently at work on a historical novel set in the mid-19th century.

Interviews, Upcoming Events, and Other Publications

• Kirkus interview about The Practice House
• Video of "An Evening with Laura McNeal" at the Coronado Playhouse, an interview with Dean Nelson
• Interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune about The Practice House
• Spotify playlist of songs in The Practice House via The Largehearted Boy: Book Notes
• Interview about The Incident on the Bridge for Adventures in YA Publishing
• Interview about Dark Water for the National Book Foundation
• All San Diego Reader stories
• Presentation of the National Book Award in Young People's Literature to Neal Shusterman, 2015
• On writing and Link the dog