The official bio:

Laura Kenyon is an award-winning journalist and the author of three novels, DESPERATELY EVER AFTER, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, and SKIPPING MIDNIGHT. Her stories and articles have appeared in Kiwi Magazine, Westchester Magazine, Just Labs, Serendipity, The Improper Bostonian, InD’tale, and Westchester/Hudson Valley Weddings, as well as in myriad newspapers and at PrickoftheSpindle.com. Her first book was a National Indie Excellence Awards chick-lit finalist. The Boston College graduate does not live in a castle, but has been blessed with an intrepid prince charming, two beautiful princesses, and a noble steed.

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My Timeline:
(Too much info, but it was fun to write!)

1982: Laura arrives sporting a full head of bright red hair. No one quite knows where this came from. Her mother credits orange soda and I Love Lucy marathons.

1984-1997: Her parents add three wonderful, rambunctious minions to the mix. She spends the next two decades begging for a dog.

1997-2001: Laura chooses to attend an all-girls high school that requires her to wear a skirt. She’s not a skirt person. Especially in winter. But she makes lifelong friends who decorate each other’s lockers and enjoy books as much as she does. She also discovers an unexpected talent for singing, but doesn’t realize how ridiculous her bangs look.

2001-2005: High school gives way to Boston College — Go Eagles! Laura studies English and communications, sings in Ireland with the University Chorale, interns at The Improper Bostonian magazine, writes for The Heights, spends an amazing semester learning about Jane Austen and the Brontës in England, and wins a fellowship award for journalism. She also meets a fellow undergrad with a handsome smile and a yellow Labrador retriever. Yet despite all this, she graduates without a job. Then one day, her mother finds an ad for a newspaper reporter in uber-rich New Canaan, Connecticut. She has no idea what she’s in for.

2005-2009: Laura spends 80 hours a week writing about municipal budgets, Gold Coast philanthropists, zoning violations, domestic violence, town council elections, and the merits of half-day vs. full-day kindergarten at the New Canaan Advertiser. Her articles earn awards from both the New England Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists, and she becomes the newspaper’s first female editor in its 100-year history. She thinks this sounds pretty cool and, for a moment, believes all the late nights and nasty emails are worth it. That belief is fleeting.

2010: Shedding her full-time role for the uncertainty of freelancing, Laura pens articles for an array of regional and national magazines. She also begins writing her first novel and FINALLY gets that puppy, an adorable silver Labrador retriever she names Shadow. While she occasionally misses the adrenaline rush of Deadline Day, life is good.

2012-2013: Prick of the Spindle publishes one of Laura’s short stories, “Swampfront Luxury,” and Laura lands literary representation for her second book, DESPERATELY EVER AFTER. Champagne is poured. Shadow gets a cameo. The publishing industry’s “big five” provide stellar feedback … but ultimately no one commits. Chocolate and wine come in handy. Rather than attempt small publishers, Laura decides to take matters into her own hands.

2014: The first two books in the Desperately Ever After series hit the cyber shelves–DESPERATELY EVER AFTER in February and DAMSELS IN DISTRESS in August. Book One is named a 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards chick-lit finalist. In October, the e-book skyrockets to the top of Amazon’s charts, hitting #49 overall and becoming the #1 Best Seller in each of its three categories: Women’s Humorous Fiction, Women’s Fantasy Fiction, and Paranormal Fantasy. It’s a good start 😉

2016: SKIPPING MIDNIGHT, the third installment of the Desperately Ever After series comes out. Having grown up watching epic trilogies with her family, this gives her a special sense of fulfillment. She holds out hope that someday Desperately Ever After will have a live-action version as well…

2018: Tantor Media buys the audio rights for the entire series. Laura has fun choosing the voice actress.

2019-2024: Notebooks full of ideas for standalone novels, a new series, and DEA spinoffs take a backseat to motherhood. Instead of writing fiction, her literary efforts switch to community advocacy, parent-teacher correspondence, and copyediting works by other writers (like Return to Stardust, by John Kenyon).

All the while, the ideas never stop flowing. The drafts keep starting. The next project is coming.

2025: Stay tuned. And maybe follow me on something 🙂