Spotlight on Laura Hayden:
Born and raised in
Birmingham, Alabama, Laura Hayden began her reading career at
the age of four. By the time she was ten, she'd exhausted the
children's section in the local library and switched to adult
mysteries. Laura always
wrote as a youth, but became sidetracked in college where
differential equations were more important than dangling
participles.
But one Capstone
engineering degree, one wedding, two kids and three military
assignments later, she ended up in Colorado Springs where she
met people who shared her passion for writing. With their
support, instruction and camaraderie, she set two goals for
herself: winning the Romance Writers of America's GOLDEN HEART
award and after that, publication of the winning manuscript.
Only Laura did it
backwards. Shortly after
selling her first book, a romantic suspense, Laura won the
GOLDEN HEART for her time travel/ Western/ mystery/ romance
novel, A Margin in Time.
Laura has now published eight
full-length novels, three short stories published in
anthologies, two mystery novels and one non-fiction.
The wife of a
career military officer, Laura has moved with surprising
frequency and practiced efficiency from Alabama to Texas to
Virginia to Colorado to Kansas back to Virginia to North Dakota
to Montana to Colorado and finally back to Alabama. Laura now
lives outside of Montgomery, Alabama, where, besides writing, she owns
Author, Author!
Bookstore and is the head of the graphics department for
NovelTalk.com.
When not at the
keyboard of her computer, Laura can be found at the keyboard of
her piano.
NovelTalk asks
Laura: What prompted you to write this story?
Laura
replies:
Basically, this story is about the rise and possible fall of
the first female President of the United States.
Although I'm not a real fan of politics, the "ripped from
the headlines" aspect of this book was too hard to resist.
However, it's not a thinly veiled version of current events
nor does it present the views of any one political party
over another. It's about what happens with friendship
and faith intersect in the world of politics.
NovelTalk asks
Laura: What are
you working on next?
Laura
replies:
At the moment I’m working on RED, WHITE
and BLUE, the second book in the "America" series. I'm
also dancing around a couple of oddball ideas because I'm always
happiest when I switch gears for the next project.
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May 2008
Tyndale
House
ISBN:
978-1-4143-1939-1 |
America the Beautiful
by Laura Hayden
Emily Benton
has spent her entire life immersed in politics. Having been
raised in the industry, she has the kinds of contacts that
it takes most politicians decades to build. She knows that
she can win the race for president of the United States, but
only if she destroys her rival first, before he can find and
use hidden ammunition on her. If Emily destroys him, the
election will be hers. A groundbreaking novel about the
intersection of politics, power, personality, and the future
of our country. |
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