Laura Weddle

Laura Weddle's stories have appeared in numerous regional and national literary magazines, one receiving the Appalachian Heritage Danny C. Plattner Award for Excellence in Fiction, an honor she shared with novelist Sharyn McCrumb. Two other stories have received nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Born and raised on tobacco farms in central Kentucky, she holds three Masters' degrees, in Education, English, and Communications from the University of Kentucky and Morehead State University. Her teaching career spans thirty-three years, and includes Campbellsville University and the University of Kentucky's Community Colleges at Somerset and Prestonsburg.She is the author of "People Like Us" from Wind Publications.