Sailing with Angels

Laura Briel Sullivan is a first-time author who believes that the best gifts are stories that find us when we need them most—and that life has a soundtrack. A “recovering” financial-services executive, she built her career along the salty coasts of New York City, Washington, DC, and San Francisco before landing in the New Orleans area. She grew up on the tales passed through generations, rainy afternoons in libraries, summers on Martha’s Vineyard and the spark of Mr. Vous’s fourth-grade reading class, where she fell in love with turning a phrase. Shortlisted in the Faulkner Society Wisdom Competition, Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace is a love letter to the characters of her summer life. Today, Laura divides her time between the Massachusetts and Mississippi coasts, writing, wandering, and keeping company with her husband and two loyal muses, William Hamilton and Moose. She is currently at work on Sailing with Alligators: A Poetic Tale of Grit and Gumption. Aileen Bennett is an illustrator, writer, and award-winning speaker. She is the author and illustrator of A Little Book About Fire (Susan Schadt Press), and is also the illustrator of Inhale, Exhale...Shoot!, Scrim: A New Orleans Story of Resilience & Rescue, Lila Said No, Dog Island, Lila Duray: A Collection of Delectable Poems, and The Little Book of King Cake. She is originally from London, England, and has lived in the United States for twenty years. Happily married to an American, when she isn't traveling, Aileen works in her studio with the assistance of a white dog called Mr. Blue. She has an insatiable curiosity, bulletproof enthusiasm, and a slight obsession with surfing. She lives in Louisiana.