Laura C. Rader

Historical Fiction Author

Laura C. Rader latest interview by AllAuthor Laura C. Rader holds a degree in psychology with a minor in history, and an emphasis on creative writing and art. She made a debut in the writing world with her historical fiction novel, Hatfield 1677. When not immersed in reading or writing, Laura enjoys cooking, participating in book club meetings, researching genealogy, spending time with her adult daughter, walking her rough collie, and pampering her demanding cat. Read full interview…

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Hatfield 1677 by Laura C. Rader

Hatfield 1677

by Laura C. Rader

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“Rader paints a stirring picture with the subtlest of brush strokes—this is no simplistic struggle between good and evil…Martha, in particular, is an impressively drawn character, deep and complex…overall, this is a moving work, dramatically compelling and historically searching.
An engrossing novel that challenges stale narratives of colonial America.”— Kirkus Reviews

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Deerfield and the Connecticut River in Massachusetts

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Currently writing a sequel set between 1770 and 1777 in Hatfield/Hadley/Deerfield, Lexington & Concord, and Boston. A multiple POV epic historical fiction of the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence through the eyes of real people.

Stony Ground

Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911). Stony Ground, 1884. Gouache on paper (watercolor), frame (storage dims): 40 1/4 × 60 × 4 1/2 in. (102.2 × 152.4 × 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Adler, 70.7 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.7_SL3.jpg)

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  • BIBLIOGRAPHY for Hatfield 1677

    As promised, a list of many, but not all, of the sources I used in my research for Hatfield 1677. I discovered the story of Massachusetts Bay Puritan colonists Benjamin and Martha Waite and their adversary, the Algonquian sachem Ashpelon, at the Carlsbad, California genealogical library in 1993. I continued my research in the summer

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  • Available Now!

    Excerpt from Hatfield 1677, Chapter Three: On May 22, a small band of men traveled to the Falls to search for those who might have survived the battle, and to bury our dead. Filled with grief and the foreboding of more pain to come, I accompanied them. Blogs may be weekly this month as I

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  • An Author’s Plea

    My debut novel, Hatfield 1677, will officially be released next week, Tuesday, May 21. It will be available for purchase online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I am diligently working to place it in indie bookstores and at Barnes & Noble bookstores here in North Carolina, in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and in my childhood home

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    I don’t use the word often: overwhelmed.  Apparently, neither do many of us. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (which is the only one I will use since reading the marvelous The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams) it occurs only once in every one million words. Also, according to the OED, the adjective

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HATFIELD 1677 is Available online From Amazon Click here





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Hatfield is available on Demand at indie bookstores and libraries, including: 





Quail RIdge Books, Raleigh, NC https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9798885280778 





Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC https://www.page158books.com/book/9798885280778