Laura Goode

Laura Goode (born November 25, 1983) is an American author, essayist, poet, screenwriter, producer, and feminist. She currently serves as associate director for Student Programs for the Public Humanities Initiative at Stanford University, where she teaches in the English department and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. She is the author of the young adult novel Sister Mischief and the poetry collection Become a Name, and the co-writer and producer of the feature film Farah Goes Bang. Her nonfiction craft book, Pitch Craft: The Writer's Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and Paid, is forthcoming in fall 2025. In December 2024, she launched the newsletter Re/Definitions. She lives in San Francisco, California.