Joy Shayne Laughter

Joy Shayne Laughter

Joy Shayne Laughter is a graduate of Indiana University.  She has lived in Seattle and New York City, as a journalist, editor, screenwriter, performance artist, office worker and house cleaner.  She wrote her first novel, Yu: A Ross Lamos Mystery, while housesitting in elegant homelessness.  Yu went on to win second place in a 2006 national literary contest, and was published in 2010 by Open Books Press.  Her short story “The Stronger” will be published in the Bacopa Literary Review in Spring 2011.  She has also developed and co-produced documentary films, including the feature film Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River (Samsara Films, 2006). Joy resides in Bloomington, IN, writes for a non-profit, and is active in community radio as a news anchor and DJ.  She is working on the second Ross Lamos Mystery and more stories set in the Indiana of “The Stronger.”