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Thank you for visiting my website! My goal as a historical novelist is to provide you, the reader, with high-quality fiction about women and the forgotten and undervalued roles they played in their societies. Whether it’s the real-life physicist Emilie du Chatelet, the literary heroine Penelope, or women who have sprung entirely from my imagination, I offer you stories true to the facts of a time and place. My novels are populated with real and invented characters, to bring history to life and make you feel as much a part of other lives and other cultures as you do your own.
Please check back from time to time for updates on my new projects, and drop me a line at lacauthor@gmail.com to let me know you're out there reading!
Researching in Tears, Part 1
19 January 2012 - I can’t imagine any historical novelist sticking with a topic that didn’t leave him or her speechless from time to time, needing to step away and let the magnitude of some events seep into a mind reluctant to believe. (Read More...)
Things That Go “Bump” in the Day
9 December 2011 - One time when I was growing up, my sister and I, newly old enough to stay home alone for a few hours, were “terrorized” after dark by a neighbor on the front porch dropping off something he had borrowed from my dad. We stayed huddled in (Read More...)
The Perils of Expectations
4 November 2011 - It works well for me to imagine the worst. (Read More...)
Living Writers Series
San Diego State University, Love Library
Laurel reads from FINDING EMILIE, followed by dinner and a presentation to creative writing students at SDSU
