Award-winning writer, teacher
and scholar

About

Laura Madeline Wiseman is the author of several books, including the poetry collection Velocipede, a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Her book Leaves of Absence with artist Sally Deskins published by Red Dashboard, is an Honor Book for the Nebraska Book Award. Safety Measures published by Zea Books is her newest book. Read more

Featured Books

  • Signs: Savannah to Key West

    Signs: Savannah to Key West

    A bicycle carries a rider through place. The voices of family carry us back and forth through time. A story documents an 800-mile bicycle ride from Savannah to Key West.

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  • 6 Back-to-Back Centuries on Route 66

    6 Back-to-Back Centuries on Route 66

    A 2,200-mile bicycle ride along Historic Route 66 is explored in this collection forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

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  • Great River Legs

    Great River Legs

    From the riverboat paths of Mark Twain to the footpaths of the Natchez Trace Trail, this book documents a bike adventure along rivers.

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Recent News

Nebraska Book Award

Leaves of Absence selected as an Honor Book for the 2017 Nebraska Book Award.

Foreword INDIES Award Finalists

Velocipede and People Like Cats are 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalists.

Independent Publisher Bronze Book Award

Drink won the 2016 Independent Publisher Bronze Book Award (IPPY).

Nebraska 150 Book List

Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence made the Nebraska 150 Book List.