Laura Doughty
Editorial Story Brief
Author · Entrepreneur · Endurance Athlete
At 59, She Moved to New York City.
This November, She’ll Run the NYC Marathon,
Turn 60—and Finally Tell the Story Beneath the Photographs.
Twenty-five years ago, Laura Doughty sold everything, packed her car and her cat Sam, and went to Malibu with no job, no friends, and no one waiting for her.
She built a spa. A real estate business. A visible life.
At nearly 60, she packed up again and moved to New York City—not to start over, but to finally tell the real story beneath the photographs.
We talk now about the gap between social media and real life. For Laura, that gap existed long before social media had a name. The photographs showed the public life: childhood, ambition, Malibu, businesses, achievement. What they could not show was the private balancing act underneath it. Raised by Fire tells that story.
RAISED BY FIRE
A Memoir by Laura Doughty
Public Release: November 20, 2026
Why November . . .
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Laura runs her third New York City Marathon
Her eighth marathon overall
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Laura turns 60 in New York City
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Raised by Fire is released publicly
Meet Laura
Video Interviews & More
Speaking
A recorded moment that shows Laura’s presence, humor, and command of a room
Love Lounge
A warm, direct conversation about story, identity, and coming home to yourself
Interview
Laura in conversation with Bob Guiney — relaxed, responsive, and comfortable on camera.
Editorial Angles
- The story beneath a polished public life
- Why photographs can preserve a moment while concealing its context
- Leaving Kentucky, then leaving again for California, then choosing New York before 60
- Writing family truth without making the memoir an indictment
- Running an eighth marathon as she turns 60
- What it means to stop allowing survival to author the rest of your life
Raised by Fire
Raised by Fire is Laura Doughty’s memoir about the private history beneath a visible life: family, silence, survival, love, endurance, reinvention, and the long return to herself.
It is written for every woman who knows the photograph never tells the whole story.
Public release: November 20, 2026
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The girl at the center of the story.
The photograph that begins the question.
The first leaving.
An early chapter in the life that would eventually become Raised by Fire.
The life she built.
A visible life, a successful career, and the structure that existed long before the memoir told the deeper story beneath it.
The miles that came before.
Seven marathons, each one part of the endurance story that leads to New York.
The road to eight.
Training to run her eighth marathon—and third New York City Marathon—at 60.
The life she is living now.
New York, endurance, authorship, and the season that led to Raised by Fire.
Available for the Story
Laura is available for an in-depth interview about the memoir, her family history, the visible life she built, the private story beneath it, her move to New York, and the November chapter ahead.
Original and archival photographs, high-resolution current imagery, book materials, and additional background are available for editorial use.
Contact
Laura Doughty
Author of Raised by Fire
For booking, interviews, images, and editorial requests:
[email protected]
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