Laura Gaddis

year in books

Laura Gaddis’s Followers (10)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Rebecca...
682 books | 38 friends

Unsolic...
376 books | 85 friends

Toshia ...
480 books | 32 friends

Jo
Jo
271 books | 36 friends

Alina  ...
7 books | 4,865 friends

Melissi...
261 books | 34 friends

Jamie Koch
168 books | 16 friends

Samanth...
20 books | 1 friend

More friends…

Laura Gaddis

Goodreads Author


Born
The United States
Website

Genre

Member Since
September 2018


Laura (she/her) is an author, educator, and writing coach from Oxford, Ohio. Her memoir “Mosaic” (Unsolicited Press, March 2025) delves into loss, motherhood, and parenting a child with disabilities. She has been published in Thin Air Magazine, 805 Lit + Art, Stonecoast Review, Brevity Blog, and elsewhere. Her essay in Ligeia Magazine was nominated for a Pushcart Award and she was selected as a 2024 teaching fellow for the Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.

Current writing projects include a historical fiction and a speculative fiction book that explores what would happen if we could control our own fate when dealing with trauma and grief.

To ask Laura Gaddis questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Laura Gaddis Thanks for this question, Cara! I love thinking about this as it is such a big part of my book. When I began writing this book, I found I was writing …moreThanks for this question, Cara! I love thinking about this as it is such a big part of my book. When I began writing this book, I found I was writing in bits--memories, thoughts, specific events. Nothing was connected--yet. It felt like shattered pieces. That's when I first thought of Mosaic as a title (fun fact: my original title was Rainbow Road). As I kept writing, there were clearly essays that fit in the first part of the book (Broken Pieces), others fit in the middle part (Tiling Pieces) and the rest went into the third part (Art in Pieces). By the time this structure took hold, I was convinced it was the perfect metaphor for the story I wanted to tell--life falls apart, then we put it back together into an imperfect (yet beautiful) version of what it once was.(less)
Laura Gaddis If you want to be successful, you have to be very persistent. Write and keep writing. Edit and keep editing. Submit your work and keep submitting. The…moreIf you want to be successful, you have to be very persistent. Write and keep writing. Edit and keep editing. Submit your work and keep submitting. There is a lot of rejection and disappointment, but stopping is the only way to ensure it never happens. It's those who persevere who end up getting some wins. And the wins are so worth it.(less)
Average rating: 4.79 · 19 ratings · 14 reviews · 1 distinct workSimilar authors
Mosaic

4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

That's a Wrap!

Hello!

As we enter a new year, I reflected on how my life as a debut memoirist went in 2025. While I was in it, it was hard. Really hard. I sent out so many letters to bookstores, podcasters, reading series, interviewers, etc. and only heard back from a handful of them. I wanted to keep the momentum of my book launch going long past the launch itself. I’ve learned that being an author is about the

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on January 07, 2026 07:41

Laura’s Recent Updates

Laura Gaddis is now friends with Unsolicited Press
36942873
Laura Gaddis rated a book really liked it
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Rate this book
Clear rating
Mosaic by Laura Gaddis
Laura Gaddis rated a book really liked it
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laura Gaddis is currently reading
Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laura Gaddis rated a book really liked it
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laura Gaddis has read
Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laura Gaddis is currently reading
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rate this book
Clear rating
Laura Gaddis is now following
874602
More of Laura's books…
220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 310414 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
26989 Goodreads Authors/Readers — 55942 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
1281628 Indie Voices: Authors & Books — 573 members — last activity 22 hours, 0 min ago
Indie Voices: Authors & Books is a community for writers and readers who believe stories don’t need a big publisher to matter. This group is for: In ...more
No comments have been added yet.