About
Laurie Woodford is a novelist, memoirist, educator, and end-of-life doula. Her books include The Heart Hitch, Stop and Gogh, Unsettled: a memoir, and Writing Life Stories. Before writing full-time, she taught college English in the U.S., China, and South Korea for over twenty years and has facilitated writing workshops in public schools, prisons, and senior communities. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Antioch Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Minnesota Review, Little Patuxent Review and Catamaran. Originally from upstate New York, Laurie now lives in the outskirts of Austin with her amazing husband, Bruce, and wonder dog, Journey. For more, please visit www.lauriewoodford.com.
Featured Work
The Heart Hitch
Professor Ramona Sadler lost her university job, luxury townhouse, and is now a substitute teacher living in a Texas RV park. To make matters worse, her annoying volunteer supervisor, Dr. Lonnie Acres, lives on the farm next door, a maddening coincidence because have you seen this guy? Shirtless? Holding a lamb?
Lonnie Acres may seem aloof and sometimes downright smug but, secretly, he’s dealing with heartache and a gentleman complex that he’s wanted to shake ever since he first looked into Ramona’s eyes.
When Ramona must travel to New York to assist her ailing mother and Lonnie helps tow her RV eighteen hundred miles to visit, secrets are revealed, souls are bared, and it just may be the road trip of their lifetime.
Other Works
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Writing Life Stories: Lessons from the college classroom, prison workshop, and senior community
2026
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Unsettled: a memoir
2024
