April 30, 2025

Laurel Colless on The Authors Alley with Dori DeCarlo

Laurel Colless on The Authors Alley with Dori DeCarlo
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Laurel Colless on The Authors Alley with Dori DeCarlo

Through storytelling, Laurel Colless aims to entertain children with page-turning thrillers while empowering them to take the lead on big world problems like climate change, extreme weather, and plastic pollution.

Australian-New Zealand, award-winning children’s author Laurel Colless is a literary comparatist by education, but spent 25 years working in sustainable business and journalism across Asia, the US and Europe, before coming back to writing. She is the founder of the Carbon Busters Club, a kids’ climate-science program that combines storytelling with science education. In 2013, Colless became an Al Gore Climate Reality Leader.

Through storytelling, Laurel's aim is to entertain children with page- turning thrillers while empowering them to take the lead on big world problems like climate change, extreme weather, and plastic pollution.

Laurel's new book, "Knights Unite" has a place on the podium as recommended reading for elementary schools as part of the National Green Book Awards.

Join Host Dori DeCarlo on The Authors Alley and connect with Laurel at LaurelColless.com, follow on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and buy Laurel’s Books here.

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Laurel Colless

Australian-New Zealand award-winning children’s author Laurel Colless is a literary-comparatist by education, but spent 25 years working in sustainable business and journalism in Asia, the US and Europe, before coming back to writing. She is the founder of the Carbon Busters Club, a kids’ climate-science program that combines storytelling with science education. In 2013, Laurel Colless became an Al Gore Climate Reality Leader. Through storytelling Laurel Colless wants to entertain children with page-turning thrillers while empowering them to take the lead on big world problems like climate change, extreme weather, and plastic pollution.

Laurel's new book, "Knights Unite" has a place on the podium as recommended reading for elementary schools as part of the National Green Book Awards.