Laura Lee Smith is the author of two novels: THE ICE HOUSE and HEART OF PALM, both from Grove Press. Her short fiction was selected by guest editor T.C. Boyle for inclusion in Best American Short Stories and by guest editor Amy Hempel for inclusion in New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New England Review, The Florida Review, Natural Bridge, Bayou, and other journals. She works as an advertising copywriter.