Laura Noakes is a disabled writer and historian from Bedfordshire. She has written articles for Disability in Kidlit and KettleMag, and her poetry has been published in Scrittura Magazine. She was awarded her doctorate in legal history in 2021, and works at the best-named museum in Scotland, The Devil’s Porridge. She lives in beautiful Cumbria with her fiancé, Connor, and her mischievous cat, Scout.