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!
Signed copies of Hatifield 1677 available at Indie Bookstores, including Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, NC; Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC; The Next Chapter Books and Art in New Bern, NC, and more!
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