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Laura King Edwards

Laura King Edwards is a lifelong writer, dynamic public speaker, accomplished runner and passionate rare disease advocate. She is the author of the memoir Run to the Light and numerous essays and short stories. 

Laura was named one of Charlotte’s 50 Most Influential Women in 2019, winning Woman of the Year. She has been nominated for the Global Genes RARE Champion of Hope award for her outstanding contributions to the rare disease community. She co-founded Taylor’s Tale, a nonprofit organization named for her late sister. She has run more than 50 half marathons, three of them blindfolded.

A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, she lives in South Carolina.

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