Laura Axelrod is a writer and book reviewer. Her plays have been produced in California, New York and Europe.
Her book reviews appear regularly in the Birmingham News and on the Newhouse News Service wire. Her essay on 9/11 was quoted during a lecture at London’s Bartlett School of Architecture in 2004. Other instructional articles have been used by colleges, high schools and writing groups throughout the country. She was recently quoted by Vanity Fair’s James Wolcott on the death of Norman Mailer.
When she was 22 years old, she graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in Dramatic Writing. She also received her BFA in Dramatic Writing, and was awarded the John L. Golden Award for Playwright with Most Potential, and the Rod Marriott Senior Playwriting Award that same year.
Gasp! is unaffiliated with any publication or organization.
Latest Stuff:
Read Birmingham Weekly's interview with me about Project 1968 (cached version).
My play, "Everybody In This House" available through Original Works Publishing.
