Rural voices: 15 authors challenge assumptions about small-town america - nora shalaway carpenter

Nora Shalaway Carpenter is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program and is the author of the young adult novel The Edge of Anything and the picture book Yoga Frog .

Previously, she worked as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine and has been a certified yoga teacher since 2012.

Originally from West Virginia, Nora Shalaway Carpenter currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, three young children, and the worlds most patient dog and cat.