Laura Markowitz

Laura has been a Contributing Producer for Arizona Public Media since 2009, producing stories about social justice, education, the environment, and neighborhood activism. Trained as a family therapist, Laura covered the mental health fields as a magazine feature writer for 15 years, winning a National Magazine Award for writing. She was senior editor of the *Psychotherapy Networker* and editor-in-chief of *In the Family*, an award-winning magazine about LGBTQ mental health. Her cover stories on relationships and systems change appeared in dozens of magazines including *Glamour*, *Ms.*, *Tricycle*, and *Self*. Laura is coauthor of *Facing the White Shadow: How to Tame Your Racism and Become a True Ally to People of Color* (2025), coauthor of *Voices On The Economy: How Open-Minded Exploration of Rival Perspectives Can Spark Solutions to our Urgent Economic Problems* (2022), co-editor of two anthologies for therapists, and a principal editor of a book about the Iran-Contra affair. She is also the author of *Book of the Sky God* (2012), a critically acclaimed young adult novel. In 2024 she was honored to serve as writer in residence for Pima County Library.