
Dr. Laurie Petrou
Education:
BFA, Queen’s University
MA, Toronto Metropolitan University
PhD, Toronto Metropolitan University and York University
Dr. Laurie Petrou is an award-winning and internationally-published author. She has written books in a range of formats and genres, but her main focus is contemporary adult novels with complicated female characters. Her books have appeared on several notable book lists including CBC Books, The Toronto Star, Refinery 29, Cosmopolitan, the Top 100 Books of the Year in the Globe and Mail (twice), a coveted Starred Kirkus review, and Gold Standard Selection of the Junior Library Guild, and as the inaugural winner of the Half the World Global Literati Award. She began her career as a painter, then as a digital artist, and when she's not writing, can be found teaching and mentoring writers and creators in a number of classes in RTA.
Books: 'Between' (2007 - short stories); 'Sister of Mine' (2017 - novel), 'Love, Heather' (2019 - novel); 'Stargazer' (2022 - novel); 'The Rehearsal Club' (co-authored with Kate Fodor, 2024 - middle grade novel); 'Writer Friend', upcoming in 2025.