Laurie Ann Thompson cofounded a successful Internet start-up with her husband during the technology boom. She has volunteered with Youth Venture, an organization that grants seed money to teens with big ideas, and she makes time for other volunteer opportunities as they arise. Thompson's first book, a biography of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, will be published in the spring of 2015 by Schwartz & Wade/Random House. In addition, she has more than twenty-five published articles in Faces, Know, Kono, WeeOnes, ParentMap, and more. Visit her at LaurieThompson.com.