Laura Stanfillis the award-winning publisher of Forest Avenue Press and the author of the historical novelSinging Lessons for the Stylish Canary.She's a graduate of Vassar College and the Yale Publishing Course, which she attended thanks to a scholarship from the Independent Book Publishers Association. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she spends time in bookstores and wears a sparkly top hat to walk her dog, Waffles.
""Imagine a Door is the book I needed when I first embarked on my publishing path as a writer. Part mental health book, part publishing industry primer, Imagine a Door offers readers a gentle method for setting realistic and sustainable goals for their writing practice and publishing endeavors. In these pages, Stanfill re-establishes the writer and their unique wants, needs, and aspirations as the center of the publishing journey. Imagine a Door is a toolkit, a lifeline, for writers treading water in the vast ocean of the publishing industry landscape."" --Christina Vega, publisher at Blue Cactus Press and author of Decay, Vega, and Maps ""Laura Stanfill does what the best, most inspirational publishers do: she identifies gaps on the shelf and fills them with things that are inspiring and make so much sense that they are obvious in hindsight. Stanfill holds tremendous wisdom and empathy, holding our hands and delivering each author to locate a door that nobody ever noticed. She helps everyone to feel seen."" --Joe Biel, author of A People's Guide to Publishing Praise for Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary ""Lyrical."" --Shelf Awareness ""Delicately gilded writing."" --Publishers Weekly ""Enchanting."" --The Oregonian ""A charming debut."" --Buzzfeed ""Enrapturing."" --Foreword Reviews ""Reads like a fairytale.""--Oenobooks ""Utterly beguiling."" --Cleaver Magazine ""Highly recommended."" --Independent Book Review ""A fine and fun listen."" --Audiofile ""Captivating and memorable.""--Small Press Picks