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Laura Wright of Arma, Kansas is a Marine Corps Veteran and now artist and author. Originally from Newbury Park, California, after four years in the Marine Corps, she moved to Kansas with her husband. Laura lived a rather normal life until after 9/11, when she rejoined the Marines, where she stayed in the reserves until 2016, deploying twice to Iraq. During her first tour, she was a team leader for a Personnel Retrieval and Processing team in Al Asad, Iraq. Her second tour, she was the Staff Noncommissioned Officer In Charge of the ammunition supply point. This tour also saw her in Al Asad, Iraq. Both tours netted her tremendous honor. Laura finished her career in the Marine Corps as the Officer in Charge of her unit in Topeka, Kansas.Laura's creative journey began in high school but was on pause for several years as other events took up priority. After being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), she began painting and writing fulltime. In 2019 she was juried into the artists coop at ArtForms Gallery in Pittsburg, KS where she shows her art and books.She has been writing, illustrating, and publishing her own books which include the "Brave Mee" series.She now dedicates her time to her family, many pets, and her community through art and writing.

Kaleo Griffith is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator and classically trained actor. He graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce University with a BA in theater, holds an MFA in acting from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared in such television series as Law & Order and Reggie's Family & Friends, among others.