But one Capstone engineering degree, one wedding, two kids and three military assignments later, she ended up in Colorado Springs where she met people who shared her passion for writing.

Shortly after selling her first book, a romantic suspense, Laura won the GOLDEN HEART for her time travel/ Western/ mystery/ romance novel, A MARGIN IN TIME. 

Laura has now published eighteen books and short stories under three names- Laura Hayden, Laura Kenner and Ella Vaughn, writing with Yvonne Jocks.  

The wife of a career military officer, Laura has moved with surprising frequency and practiced efficiency from Alabama to Texas to Virginia to Colorado to Kansas back to Virginia to North Dakota to Montana, Colorado back to Alabama and finally back to Colorado. Besides writing, Laura owns Author, Author! Bookstore.  

Her list of books includes: 

• DARKWOOD CROSSING: Bailey, the Critter Sitter (As Ella Vaughn)
• A MARGIN OF ERROR
• THE THIEF (previously released as Stolen Hearts)
• MAGICK RISING featuring "A Shift in Magick" novella
• ANGEL with Nicole "Coco" Marrow
• RED, WHITE & BLUE
• AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
• THE OFFICIAL NORA ROBERTS COMPANION with Denise Little
• SHARP FOCUS with Susan Ford
• DOUBLE EXPOSURE with Susan Ford
• THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD (As Laura Kenner)
• HERO FOR HIRE (As Laura Kenner)
• CHANCE OF A LIFETIME/GHOST OF A CHANCE
• A KILLER SMILE (As Laura Kenner)
• A MARGIN IN TIME
• SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (As Laura Kenner)