Events and Awards

PROMOTION: Hatfield 1677 will be FREE on KINDLE UNLIMITED Starting May 7 through July 2026!

Buy Signed Copies at the following events:

Independent Book Sellers Day Saturday, April 25, 2026!

April 19 2026 Book Con New York City – Signed books for sale – Thank you to everyone who turned out and visited our booth, and to my daughter for being there in my place, as I was still at home nursing my sick dog. He is now much better!

March 7 2026 Williamsburg Book Festival – Signed books for sale. Thank you to everyone who came out, and to Thomas Wing for being there to sell books for me while I stayed home with a very ill dog.

Meet Laura in-person or virtually at the following events:

December 6, 2025 – Virtual: American Historical Novels Book Giveaway

September 21, 2025 – Brooklyn Book Festival

Festival Day: Booth 211

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/

Awards Won to Date

2025 Brew Fiction Book Excellence Award 2025

2025 Chrysalis Brew Historical Fiction Book of the Year

2025 Readers’ Choice Gold Medal Historical Fiction

2025 Literary Titan Gold Book Award

2025 Shortlisted for the Hawthorne Prize

2025 Literary Global Book Awards Finalist Independent Book Award Historical Fiction

2025 Spotlyts Story Award

2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards First Place Chaucer Pre-1750s Historical Fiction and Cover

2024 Feathered Quill Silver Debut Author Award

2024 Chrysalis Brew Seal of Excellence

2024 Chrysalis Brew Readers’ Choice Award Finalist

2024 American Writing Awards Historical Fiction Finalist