Laurie grew up with her nose in a book. After college, she held jobs in cubicles and libraries. She was a substitute teacher and home party salesperson.
For seven years, she had a home improvement blog that received over a million page views. At 39, Laurie finally decided she wanted to be a writer when she grew up.
She wrote her first novel in 2011. Laurie lives in New Hampshire and is a member of Maine Romance Writers.
FUN FACTS
I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology and a minor in Painting.
I can go days without leaving the house, especially during winter.
I used to sell products at home parties when my son was little to earn extra income. Over the years, I’ve sold scrapbooks, home decor and silver jewelry. I used most of the profits from the scrapbook business to build up my crafting stash.
I completed my first full-length novel in four and a half months. I had no idea what I was doing.
My favorite food and flavor is chocolate. I despise anything that tastes like banana.
I don’t drink coffee. Coke is the caffeine that fuels my writing.
I graduated from a girl’s Catholic high school with a class of forty-three.
We’ve renovated three houses. Two were built in the 1800s. Our first home was part of a “house of ill repute” where a murder was committed.
I spend one weekend a year at a scrapbook retreat with forty women I met online. I talk to my “axe murderer” scrapbook friends on the computer every day.
In addition to romance, I read nonfiction, memoirs, biographies, literary fiction, road signs and the backs of cereal boxes.
I’ve been a Weird Al fan since I was eleven years old. I’ve been to ten Al concerts, and I’ve met him twice.
I have a vast knowledge of 80s movies, music and pop culture…but I can’t tell you what I ate for breakfast today.
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