LAURIE A. GRAY
Current/Recent Projects:
I've signed a contract with Luminis Books to publish my young adult novel entitled Maybe
I Will in early 2013. A sexually assaulted teenager resists conformity, yet discovers freedom of self-expression through
the physical forms in Taekwondo and the poetic form of Shakespeare's sonnets. Click on "Maybe I Will" on the Navigation
Bar to read a synopsis.
My
personal essay entitled "Tearing Down the Barn is featured as Chapter 1 in Lost Lessons from Life on the Farm (Action
Publishing Group/2011), Gregory Bloom editor.
I
returned to the classroom on a regular basis in the fall of 2011 as an adjunct professor teaching criminal justice courses
at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne. I'll be teaching evening classes in Huntington in May and June, 2012. http://www.indianatech.edu/academics/faculty/Pages/adjuncts.aspx.
My
article entitled "Writing Your Own Affirmations" is featured in the July/August 2011 issue of Unity Magazine.
http://unity.org/publications/unityMagazine/index.html
My article entitled "Stories
Worth Banning" is featured in the current issue of Brigham Young University's biannual literary magazine Literature
and Belief (Volume 20.2). It's a special edition devoted to young adult literature.
Luminis Books (http://www.luminisbooks.com/) published my first young adult novel Summer Sanctuary (May
2010) . Cover photograph by Kenneth Harkenrider. Publishing information available at Midpoint Trade Books. Summer Sanctuary received a Moonbeam Gold Medal for excellence in Children's Literature and was a 2011 Indiana
Best Book Finalist. For more information click on "Summer Sanctuary" in the navigation bar.
I'm "Laurie, attorney, Indiana"
on pp. 204-205 of MODERN-DAY Miracles by Louise L. Hay & Friends (Hay House/June 2010).
I served on the faculty at the 26th National Symposium
on Child Abuse in Huntville, Alabama, March 22-25, 2010. I co-presented a workshop entitled "Is It Insane
to Use a S.A.N.E.?" with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.). I presented that and two more workshops
in 2011, "How to BEAT a Bully" and "Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse Cases." I'll return in 2012 to teach
the last two again. Click for more details
I regulary write book reviews for the Christian Library Journal.
For an article on contract negotiations visit http://writingtoserve.net/?p=1294
I am a regular contributor
to Unity Christ Church's bimonthly newsletter. Visit http://www.unityccfw.org/modules/newsletter/ to read my articles and biographies.
I am a consultant for a new women's support group called
Sophie's Cafe. Visit www.SophiesCafe.org.
I presented a Token of ChangeTM
workshop at Unity Christ Church in Fort Wayne, IN on April 26, 2009. For more information on Token of ChangeTM
visit www.TokenofChange.com.
I served on the faculty
at the 25th National Symposium on Child Abuse in Huntville, Alabama, March 23-26, 2009. I co-presented a workshop
entitled "Is It Insane to Use a S.A.N.E.?" with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.).
I have published multiple articles in
a new ezine entitled Glory and Strength. Visit www.GloryandStrength.com.
I'm still querying agents and publishers for my second young adult novel, Just Myrto. Marrying
Socrates launches Myrto, granddaughter of Aristides the Just, on a journey through Ancient Greek metaphysics to discover the
wonder of being Just Myrto.
I also have completed two picture books Stop, Drop and Roll and
Three of Me and the inspirational gift book My Token of Change.
On Sunday morning, February 11, 2007,
I awoke inspired by the idea of designing a coin and affirmation poem that would help people let go of what they don't want
and think only about what they do want in their lives. For more information, visit www.TokenofChange.com.
In November 2006,
I completed a correspondence course through the Institute of Children's Literature with published author Marcia Amidon
Lusted as my instructor.
In
addition to Socratic Parenting, I published an article entitled "When I Grow Up" in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of Fort
Wayne Woman. I also wrote a regular column "Laurie Gray: Inside the Law" for Fort Wayne Woman in 2006 responding
to reader questions on the law. Click on my "FW Woman" page tab above to read the article.
Experience:
ATTORNEY,
AUTHOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, OWNER OF SOCRATIC PARENTING LLC, March 2005 - present.
MOTHER PRACTICING SOCRATIC PARENTING, September 2001 - Present.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Indiana Institute of Technology,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2011-Present.
DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, Allen
County, Indiana, Felony Sex Crimes Division, Child Advocacy Center, February 2000 - March 2002; Part-time in Felony OWI, Misdemeanor, Drug
Court Program & Juvenile Sex Crimes, November 2003 - April 2010; PRIVATE PRACTICE TRIAL ATTORNEY, October 1993 -
February 2002; HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER, August 1986 - June 1990.
Education:
INDIANA
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Bloomington, IN; J.D. May 1993. GOSHEN COLLEGE, Goshen, IN; B.A. April 1986. Spanish Secondary Education
Major, English Education Minor. Junior Year Abroad, University of Barcelona, Spain; Study Service Term in Costa Rica.
