Laura Abbot is an American

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of over a dozen

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in the ''

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Superromance'' and ''Love Inspired Historical'' series.

Early life

Laura Abbot was born in

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, the eldest of three children. Abbot, a tomboy, spent a great deal of time with her grandmothers, who encouraged her love of reading and writing.

Career

Abbot found college liberating and worked hard to graduate in only three years. She became a teacher, and, for over twenty-five years taught secondary English. After Abbot retired from teaching, she began to write. She sold her first

romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...

to Harlequin Enterprises in 1994. Harlequin has since published well over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance and Love Inspired Historical categories. Her novel, ''My Name is Nell'' was nominated for a ''Romantic Times Magazine'' award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003. and "You're My Baby" was the winner of the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence in Long Contemporary.

Bibliography

Single Novels

*''Mating for Life'' 1995/Mar *''Trial Courtship'' 1999/May *''A Summer Place'' 2002/Dec *''Second Honeymoon'' 2005/Sep *''A Letter for Annie'' 2009/Apr *''Belleporte Summer'' (2011) *''Change of Heart'' (2011) *''Honeymoon at Home'' (2011)

Class Act Series

*''Class Act'' 1998/08 *''You're My Baby'' 2002/Apr

Marriage of Inconvenience Series Multi-Author

*''This Christmas'' 1996/Nov

Women Who Dare Series Multi-Author

*''Where There's Smoke...'' 1997/Jun

By the Year 2000: Marriage Series Multi-Author

*''The Wedding Vow'' 1998/Dec

Welcome to Riverbend Series Multi-Author

*''Homecoming'' 2000/Sep

Hometown U.S.A. Series Multi-Author

*''A Country Practice'' 2001/Feb *''My Name is Nell'' 2003/Oct

9 Months Later Series Multi-Author

*''You're My Baby'' 2002/Apr

Single Father Series Multi-Author

*''The Wrong Man'' 2004/Mar

Everlasting Love Series Multi-Author

*''Stranger At The Door'' 2008/Aug

Anthologies in collaboration

*''Sanctuary'' 2003/Dec (with Pamela Bauer, Judith Bowen, K.N. Casper,

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and Caron Todd) *''Baby in the House / My Name is Nell'' 2004/Jan (with Pamela Bauer) *''Wrong Man / Daddy Quest'' 2004/May (with

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) *''Stranger at the Door / To Save a Family'' 2008/Oct (with Anna DeStefano)

References

External links

Biography
at Super Authors
Laura Abbot in Fantastic FictionAuthor Profile
at ''Romantic Times'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbot, Laura 1930s births Living people Writers from Kansas City, Kansas American romantic fiction novelists American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers