Laura Hunter was raised in Alabama hill country and now lives near Tuscaloosa. She has published 16 award-winning fiction pieces, nine poems, in addition to the numerous articles published through different media outlets. She has written a collection of fictional short stories focused on Copeland’s Crossing, Alabama, which is waiting on publication. Her latest work is a novel centered on actual experimentation on and sterilization of a young female of color in mid-20th century Alabama entitled Beloved Mother. Beloved Mother was released Spring 2019.