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Laura is a teacher who loves to write about her home state of Michigan. She has a B.A. in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University where she studied under Stuart Dybek, and has had her short fiction and poetry published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Word Riot, Tonopalah Review, SaLit and SLAB: Sound and Literary Art Book. “The Pursuit of Happiness,” – a short story she wrote while at WMU, was chosen as a finalist in the Trial Balloon Fiction Contest.
When not writing, Laura enjoys musical theatre, hiking, swimming, reading and performing with her Celtic band- Si Bhaeg Si Mohr. She also enjoys spending time with her husband and children as well as her dog, two hamsters, two gerbils, ten chickens, two horses and eight (and counting) c ...more

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	Evening in the Yellow Wood (Lantern Creek #1) 4.32 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Paint the Sky (Black Hills Gold #1) 4.16 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow In Summer (Lantern Creek #2) 4.71 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Home for the Stars (Lantern Creek #3) 4.69 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song of Walking Rain (Black Hills Gold #2) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I was a wistful kid, always fluctuating between what I ‘wanted to be when I grew up’ and what was happening in the here and now. One day I wanted to be a movie star, the next a doctor or veterinarian (I still haven’t entirely gotten over that one). When I went to college the question still loomed over me… ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ because even though I loved writing, I never tho Read more of this blog post »

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Lantern Creek (3 books)
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I’ve loved Josh Brolin ever since ‘ The Goonies’ and follow him on Instagram. His posts are phenomenal and so I did a little digging…. He wrote a memoir and it might be one of the most raw, inspiring, revelatory books I’ve ever read. My attention sp ...more
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Laura Kemp liked Heidi McCrary's review of I Paint the Sky (Black Hills Gold #1): "Set against the Old West, we meet 19-year-old Emily, all alone and preparing to give birth in a covered wagon. Dual timelines allow us to learn Emily’s tragic story as she grows closer to the friendly strangers who have taken her under their care. I " Read more of this review »
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