I'm Laurel, the principal of Mary Andrews College, a theological college in Sydney, Australia; and the host of the Small Wonders podcast. I have a doctorate in English Literature with a specialty in literature of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Originally from the American South, I now live in the heart of Sydney with my husband, four children, and an exuberantly-friendly dog. When I'm not reading or writing, I sometimes try to find the exact word for the way a flower falls from a tree.