What is Laura Moriarty reading?

The current featured contributor to Writers Read: Laura Moriarty, author of The Center of Everything, The Rest of Her Life, and forthcoming in August 2009, While I'm Falling.

Read about the book she calls "an amazing collection of short stories, all connected by the clever idea of alluding to the lives of Catholic saints while narrating the struggles and griefs of modern young women."

Visit Laura Moriarty's website.

Among the advance praise for While I'm Falling:

“While I’m Falling deftly captures the moment a child realizes that growing up means being responsible for your parents’ mistakes—and preventing yourself from making the same ones. Laura Moriarty keeps getting better and better.”
—Jodi Picoult, author of Handle with Care

The Page 99 Test: The Rest of Her Life.

Writers Read: Laura Moriarty.

--Marshal Zeringue