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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 twelve novels, four short stories published in anthologies,
and one non-fiction. (Detailed below) Her
most recent book is ANGEL, an urban
fantasy written with
Nicole "Coco" Marrow of "Ice Loves Coco" fame, E! Entertainment TV.
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 and finally back to Alabama. Laura now lives
near Montgomery, where, besides writing, she owns
Author,
Author! Bookstore. When not at the keyboard of her computer,
Laura can be found at the keyboard of her piano.
Her list of books includes:
- ANGEL
with Nicole "Coco" Marrow
- RED, WHITE & BLUE
- AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
- THE OFFICIAL NORA ROBERTS COMPANION with Denise
Little
- SHARP FOCUS
with Susan Ford
- STOLEN HEARTS
- DOUBLE EXPOSURE
with Susan Ford
- THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
- HERO FOR HIRE
- CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
- A KILLER SMILE
- A MARGIN IN TIME
- SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Upcoming:
- "Wicked Looks" in THE BIG BOOK OF
WICKED coming from Bell Bridge/Belle Books.
Her short story collection includes:
- "Steel Crazy" in ENCHANTMENT PLACE
- "Nine Tenths" in A DANGEROUS MAGIC
- "Guardian Angel of the Peace" in
GUARDIAN ANGELS
- "Twelve Days" in MURDER MOST ROMANTIC
For her other non-book works, please visit
her OTHER WORKS page. For assorted
photos, please visit her PHOTO page.
MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES HELD:
- Pikes Peak Writers
- Member since 2001 (inception)
- President 2002-2006, 2013
- Pikes Peak Writers Conference
- Director: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010
& 2012
- Novelists, Inc
- Mystery Writers of America
- Sisters In Crime
- Romance Writers of America
- Member since 1990
- National board member 2000-2001
- Awards Ceremony Chairperson 2000, 2003,
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011
- Pikes Peak Romance Writers (RWA chapter)
- Southern Magic Inc (RWA chapter)
- President 2008-2010
- Treasurer 2011
- Membership 2012
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