Author: Laura M. White
Alternate names: Laura White Alderson, Laura W. Alderson
Born: 1950
Bio: Laura M. White (Laura White Alderson) grew up in Pensacola, FL, and Chatham, VA. She earned her BA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where her mentor was poet Carolyn Kizer, and a Masters in English Writing from Hollins University. Her poems have been published by the Geryon Press of Binghamton, NY, through an NEA grant. After a decade as a journalist, she has been a freelance writer in Raleigh, NC, for 30+ years.