Laura StanfillLaura Stanfill

Laura Stanfill is the award-winning publisher of Forest Avenue Press and the author of the historical novel Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary. She’s a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Publishing Course, which she attended thanks to a scholarship from the Independent Book Publishers Association. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Trust Your Instincts: Why Writing for Yourself Leads to Better Books
Image: author Laura Stanfill speaks into a microphone at the launch event for her new book Imagine a Door on April 1, 2025 at Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon.
When we try to write something because we feel we ought to, not because we want to, we stack the deck against ourselves ...
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