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Alicia Bay Laurel
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Mind Body Spirit, Self-Help/Personal Development, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Cookery & Diet, Art & Crafts, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Womens Fiction, Illustrated/Photography, Advice & How To, Children's general
Skills: Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview, Performance/Spoken Word
Alicia Bay Laurel is an author, visual artist, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and storyteller. Her professional life began with the publication of Living on the Earth, a bohemian guide to outdoor artisanal and regenerative living, which she wrote, illustrated and designed at ages 19 and 20, and which was a bestseller for Vintage/Random House starting in 1971. The book design was so innovative that Publishers Weekly created a two-page spread to celebrate it, and it was widely imitated for years afterward. The book has had five editions in English and four foreign language editions, and was chosen as one of the 101 most influential American cookbooks of the 20th century (and it's not even a cookbook).
Between 2000 and the present, Alicia toured in the USA, Japan, and in Spain as a singer/songwriter/storyteller while promoting her books and her eight albums of original and historic music, having gallery shows of her art, and leading art workshops. She collaborated on a film of one of her autobiographical story and music performances, which can be viewed on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/livingontheearthmusical/
Alicia Bay Laurel's books
Living on the Earth
Living on the Earth - 50th Anniversary, 5th English Edition
Being of the Sun
Book trailer at: https://vimeo.com/552592036?share=copy
The Earth Mass
Rare first edition, published in 1973 by Harper & Row, San Francisco.
Sylvie Sunflower
Sylvie Sunflower is a children's book about life on a hippie commune in the late 1960s, featuring the title character, who gives the reader a tour of her home, family and neighbors. Published by Harper & Row in 1973.