Laura C. Gee

Laura C. Gee is the author of Sage Being Brave, a children’s chapter book inspired by her own experience growing up with Type 1 diabetes.

Diagnosed at seven years old, Laura knows what it’s like to be a kid learning to navigate diabetes while still wanting to do all the ordinary things kids do. She wrote Sage Being Brave to tell the kind of story she wishes she’d had growing up: one where diabetes is part of a child’s life, but never the whole story.

Laura has always loved writing, learning, and finding ways to make complicated things feel a little more human. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually cooking, working in her garden, starting a new project, or spending time with her husband, Rob, and their two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, Pumpkin and Spice.

She hopes Sage Being Brave helps children living with Type 1 diabetes see a little of themselves in Sage as she figures out what it means to live bravely, one ordinary day at a time.