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Laura C. Rader

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in San Diego, The United States

February 26

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Laura C. Rader's debut historical novel, Hatfield 1677, is inspired by the true story of her ninth great-grandparents, Benjamin and Martha Waite, and their colonial Massachusetts town of Hatfield. It is a 2024 First Place Winner of CIBA's Chaucer Award for pre-1750 Historical Fiction and Feathered Quill's Second Place Debut Author Award.

Laura's next historical fiction novel, The Lark, will be published in autumn 2026. Follow her at lcrwriter.com to learn more!

Laura is a full-time historical fiction author, and also enjoys studying genealogy, attending book club meetings, and spending time with family , pets, and friends.

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A dear friend and advanced reader wrote to me this morning after reading the last page of my soon-to-be-published historical (lots of romance, but no HEA)…”Laura, you broke my heart last night! I finished The Lark about 11:30.” And so I am re-blogging the post below, because I kept a lot of my darlings, my sentimental prose, and it seems to have worked magic:)

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The Lark: Victorian Era Historical Fiction (Voices of Victorian Women)

by Kate L. Hart

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A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (Special Edition, Expanded, Annotated)

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“You know you're having a bad week when you call 911, the paramedics come to your house, and one of them notices you've rearranged your furniture.”
― Cherie Kephart, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing

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“She imagined, now, what it would be like to accept herself completely. Every mistake she had ever made. Every mark on her body. Every dream she hadn’t reached or pain she had felt. Every lust or longing she had suppressed. She imagined accepting it all. The way she accepted nature. The way she accepted a glacier or a puffin or the breach of a whale. She imagined seeing herself as just another brilliant freak of nature. Just another sentient animal, trying their best. And in doing so, she imagined what it was like to be free.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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