 |
Born
and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Laura Hayden began her reading career
at the age of four. By the time she was ten, she'd exhausted the children's
section in the local library and switched to adult mysteries.
Laura
always wrote as a youth, but became sidetracked in college where differential
equations were more important than dangling participles.
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. With their support, instruction and
camaraderie, she set two goals for herself: winning the
Romance
Writers of America's GOLDEN HEART award and after that, publication
of the winning manuscript.
Only Laura did it backwards.
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 eight full-length
novels, three short stories published in anthologies, two mystery novels
and one non-fiction. (Detailed below)
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 and finally back to Colorado. Laura now lives
in Colorado Springs, where, besides writing, she co-owns
Author,
Author! Bookstore and is the head of the graphics department for
NovelTalk.com.
When not at the keyboard of her computer,
Laura can be found at the keyboard of her piano.
Her list of publications includes:
- SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
- A MARGIN IN TIME
- A KILLER SMILE
- CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
- HERO FOR HIRE
- THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
- DOUBLE EXPOSURE with Susan Ford
- SHARP FOCUS with Susan Ford
- THE OFFICIAL NORA ROBERTS COMPANION with Denise
Little
Her non-book length fiction includes:
- A DANGEROUS MAGIC
- GUARDIAN ANGELS
- MURDER MOST ROMANTIC
For her other non-book works, please visit
her OTHER WORKS page. For assorted
photos, please visit her PHOTO page.
MEMBERSHIP:
- Romance Writers of America
- elected National board member 2000-2001
- Pikes Peak Romance Writers
- Pikes Peak Writers
- Past President
- Conference Director 2002. 2003, 2004,
2006, 2007
- Mystery Writers of America
- Served on the 2005 Edgar Award committee
for best play
|