Laura Scalzo is the author of two novels, The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass (2018), praised as “lyrical and insightful,” and American Arcadia (2023), “a gorgeous riff of a New York City novel.” Her shorter work has appeared in various literary magazines, including Had, Ellipsis Zine, Reflex Fiction, and the Grace & Gravity Series. She is a 2023 Chautauqua Writer-in-Residence. She lives in Washington, DC.