Laurie Notaro

Laurie Notaro is a successful historical fiction novelist, who currently resides in Eugene, Oregon. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but spent the majority of her early life in Phoenix, Arizona. Notaro had an eventful youth in Phoenix, which she often refers to as her "checkered past." After completing her education, Notaro pursued a career in journalism, making use of the journalism degree she earned from Arizona State University.

Notaro is a New York Times best-selling American writer, known for her humor memoirs, novels, and historical fiction. Some of her most popular works include "The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club," "Autobiography of a Fat Bride," "I Love Everybody," and "Housebroken," among others. Additionally, she has written two humor novels and "Crossing the Horizon," a novel of historical fiction that tells the true story of once famous and now forgotten aviatrices who vied to become the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic before Amelia Earhart. Despite her success, Notaro is known to miss Mexican food and values her time with her husband and cute dog in Eugene, Oregon.