In her other life, Laura Navarre is a diplomat who’s lived in Russia and works on weapons of mass destruction issues. In the line of duty, she’s been trapped in an elevator in a nuclear power plant and has stalked the corridors of facilities churning out nerve agent and other apocalyptic weapons. In this capacity, she meets many of the world’s most dangerous men.
Inspired by the sinister realities of her real life, Laura writes dark medieval and Renaissance romance spiked with political intrigue. A member of Romance Writers of America and a Golden Heart finalist, she has won the Emily Award for Excellence, the First Coast Romance Writers Beacon Award, the Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award, the Golden Pen, the Duel on the Delta, Hearts Through History’s Romance Through the Ages, and other awards listed here.
Laura’s academic degrees include an M.A. in National Security Policy from The George Washington University and a B.A. in International Relations from Michigan State University. Laura divides her time between her writing career and other adventures for U.S. government clients. She lives in a small vineyard in the Pacific Northwest with her Siberian cats Pandora and Delilah.
Excerpts and other goodies about Laura’s dark Tudor romance THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS are available on the Samhain “coming soon” page and her website at www.LauraNavarre.com. You can friend Laura on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LauraNavarreAuthor and follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/LauraNavarre. She welcomes email from readers at LauraNavarreAuthor@yahoo.com.
AWARDS FOR THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS
• Yellow Rose RWA Winter Rose Contest (Overall Winner across seven genres judged)
• Hearts Through History Romance Through the Ages Contest (First Place, ancient/medieval/Renaissance category)
• River City Romance Writers Duel on the Delta Contest (First Place, historical category)
• Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award (Third Place, historical category)
OTHER WRITING CREDENTIALS
Laura Navarre is a current student in the Stonecoast MFA program on Writing Popular Fiction at the University of Southern Maine. She is a graduate of the Robert McKee Story Seminar, the Donald Maass “Writing the Breakout Novel” workshop, the Smithsonian Institution’s course titled “Conversations with Historical Fiction Writers,” and two Gotham Writers Workshop with bestselling romance author Leigh Michaels.
Laura is an active member of Romance Writers of America (RWA), as well as RWA’s Golden Network and Music City Romance Writers. Her first novel, THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, is a June 2010 release.
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