Laurie Doctor is an American painter, writer and calligrapher. For twenty-five years she has cultivated an active lecture and workshop schedule across three continents. 

Her artwork is in permanent collections in the US and Europe, including Akademie der Künste (Berlin), the Klingspor Museum (Offenbach), Special Collections at the University of Colorado,  New Editions Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky and the Harrison Collection in San Francisco.

Her blog, The Silver Fraction, has over 2000 active subscribers. Her articles and art have appeared in Alphabet, Letter Arts Review, Type Magazine, Triggerfish Critical Review, Somerset Studios, National Museum for Women in the Arts Magazine, Quadrant: The Journal of the C. G. Jung Foundation, Naropa University Magazine, and Print Magazine.