Laurie Baker contributed to the short story collection curated by designer Kate Spade, She Is Quick, Curious, Playful, and Strong; published a Story-of-the-Week in Narrative magazine; and was awarded the Larry Levis Post-Graduate stipend to complete a collection of stories. She is finishing a novel-in-stories about South Africa titled How We Entertain Ourselves in Isolation. She lives in Medfield, Mass., with her husband and two daughters.