Laura Goode

Meet Laura

Laura Goode is the author of a collection of poems, Become a Name, and a YA novel, Sister Mischief, which was a Best of the Bay pick by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and a selection of two ALA honor lists. With director Meera Menon, she wrote and produced the feature film Farah Goes Bang, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize from Tribeca and Vogue. Her nonfiction writing on intersectional feminism, female friendship, motherhood, gender, and race in culture, TV, film, and literature has appeared in BuzzFeed, New Republic, New York Magazine, Longreads, Elle, Catapult, Refinery29, and elsewhere. She received her BA and MFA from Columbia University and currently teaches at Stanford University. Her nonfiction craft book Pitch Craft: The Writer’s Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and Paid is forthcoming September 16, 2025 from Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House.

What We’re Working On

Laura came to Punctuation PR to prepare for the launch of Pitch Craft. We’re working closely with her on:

• Book Tour Strategy: Coordinating a hybrid (remote and in-person) book tour with events at bookstores, universities, and related programming spaces.

• Preorder & Launch Campaigns: Designing a social media and email marketing plan to drive preorders and build launch momentum.

• Substack Development: Crafting a newsletter strategy that ties into Laura’s voice, platform, and long-term readership goals.

• Reddit & Digital Community Engagement: Positioning Pitch Craft where working writers and aspiring authors already gather.

• Online Course Buildout: Transforming the insights of Pitch Craft into an accessible, engaging digital course.

At Punctuation PR, we’re helping Laura bring her wisdom to a wider public—making Pitch Craft not just a book, but a belief for a new generation of writers.

Laura’s Links

Website | Substack