Literary Arts

Layla Todd grew up unschooled on a homestead in rural Virginia. She writes fiction that explores the Appalachian communities of the Blue Ridge Mountains and essays about growing up unschooled. Winner of the Aurelie Sheehan Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Gilman Scholar, and a graduate of the University of Arizona with a B.A in Creative Writing, she is now pursuing an MFA in fiction at Brown University. Connect on Instagram and via her website.