Laura Baggaley

Laura is a writer of fiction for young adults and children. Her latest book is an eco-romance, Dirt, published by Habitat Press. Her forthcoming book, Nourish, was longlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize and will be published in July 2026.

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Her novel, Enough, was one of three finalists in the Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition and longlisted for the Times / Chicken House Children’s fiction Competition, and will be published late 2026. Laura is on the editorial team of Bending The Arc, a thrutopia magazine on Substack, which publishes stories, poems and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on Earth.

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Laura is a firm believer in ‘imagination activism’ and loves books that ask big questions, usually starting ‘What if . . . ?’ She enjoys the challenge of creating alternative possible futures in her writing, and hopes that by imagining different worlds we’ll be able to build a better one. You can find her at www.laurabaggaley.co.uk