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10% of All Sales to Schools
Laura Hansen want to use her books to inspire young people to read and use their imagination. Ten percent of all book sales goes to K-12 schools. In addition, she is happy to speak at schools about writing and achieving your dreams. If you are a teacher or administrator at a school in the Omaha area, and would like her to talk to your students, contact her directly at LauraHansenPhD@gmail.com.
Look for all three Zombies in Paradise novels in your library!
As part of her mission to encourage reading and creativity in students, Laura Hansen has donated books to schools and libraries in the following locales:
- Bellevue, NE (all public schools)
- Omaha, NE (all middle schools)
- Papillion, NE
- Bettendorf, IA
- Yorba Linda, CA
- New Market, AL
Zombies in Paradise Short Fiction
If you are curious as to what transpired between Cruise of the Undead and Avalanche of the Undead, check out Laura Hansen's short story Descent into Denver which appears in the Summer 2014 issue of the literary journal Midnight Circus by EAB Publishing.
In the News
- Jan. 14, 2014 Creighton professor's zombie novel series started by accident (by Adam Klinker)
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Published in the Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE.
- Jan. 4, 2014 Author fair next Saturday (by Scott Stewart)
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Published in the Papillion Times, Papillion, NE.
- Dec. 31, 2013 Second zombie novel continues helping schools (by Adam Klinker)
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Published in the Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, NE.
- June 19, 2013 Writers conference set for young adults (by Mike Bell)
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Published in the La Vista Sun, Omaha, NE.
- Mar. 22, 2013 Cancer researcher on board with teen fiction (by Mike Ferguson)
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Published in the Quad City Times, Davenport, IA.
- Mar. 18, 2013 Here’s one you don’t see on a résumé too often: Mom/Wife/Cancer researcher/Zombie author (by Mike Ferguson)
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Published in the Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, IA.
- Feb. 10, 2013 Bookends: Local authors, publishers schedule literary fair (by Carol Bicak)
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Published in the Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE.
- Jan. 20, 2013 Professor's Books Adds Zombie Twist to Vacation Tale (by Mike Bell)
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Published in the Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE.
- Jan. 16, 2013 Local Author Pens Gruesume Fun (by Mike Bell)
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Published in the Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, NE.
- Dec. 7, 2012 Local Author Donates to Bellevue Public Schools
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Published in Education News, the newsletter for Bellevue Public Schools, Bellevue, NE.
- Nov. 25, 2012 Works by Local Authors (by Carol Bicek)
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Published in the Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE.
Online Interviews
- Oct 24, 2013 Les Femmes Folles
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Les Femmes Folles is a site dedicated to women in the arts. In this interview I talk about what led me to a career in science and to writing, and give a few hints about the upcoming sequel, Avalanche of the Undead.
- Oct 21, 2012 GoodReads: Young Adult Book Club
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This GoodReads community boasts more than 7,700 members. In the interview, I talk about my kids as inspiration for Cruise of the Undead and my campaign to use proceeds from the book to support local schools.
- Sept 13, 2012 A Little Shelf of Heaven
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This blog site features Cruise of the Undead and includes an interview with me.
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