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Short Bio:

Laura Ellen is a full-time writer and mother of three who began her career as a teacher in both Language Arts and special education. Diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration as a teen, she drew upon her own experiences with vision loss to write her debut YA thriller Blind Spot, an emotional and suspenseful page-turner. Born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, she recently moved across country from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Blurbs and Reviews:

“Through the teen’s gripping first-person viewpoint, the mystery and romance universalize the struggle to discover and confront the truth.” — Booklist

“Roz is an enormously appealing narrator, her tangled emotions about everything from needing to ask for help to navigating friendships both believable and sympathetic.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Teen readers will enjoy trying to sort out all the clues in solving this murder mystery and gain a clear perspective on the emotional drama of high school relationships when merely getting through the day is a high-stakes matter.” — IRA/Reading Today Online

“Using Roz’s naivety and partial blindness, the author creates a mystery with a gritty, issue-oriented storyline to engage readers. The dark tone of the novel adds to the suspense of the story, making for a compelling, entertaining read.. . . young adults will appreciate the author’s honesty with the subjects.” — VOYA

“No young person who reads this book will ever again regard their less fortunate classmates in the same way.” — Lois Duncan, author of STRANGER WITH MY FACE and DOWN A DARK HALL