Charlotte Laws is an award-winning and bestselling writer. She has authored seven books, contributed to four academic anthologies, and written 135 articles that have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Salon, Huffington Post, and the New York Daily News. Laws has a Ph.D. in Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, two master's degrees, and two BA degrees. She completed her postdoctoral study at Oxford University, England.