Professional Credentials
Author
Laura Taylor is an award-winning author and a highly regarded editorial consultant with more than a million books in print. Published in both mainstream and romantic suspense fiction, she is the recipient of numerous writing awards, including:
- RWA RITA Finalist - Mainstream Women's Fiction
- Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award as Best New Contemporary Mainstream Fiction Author
- Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Certificate of Excellence for Series Romance
- Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Bantam Loveswept
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Best Series Romantic Adventure
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Certificate of Excellence as Series Storyteller of the Year
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Certificate of Excellence for Best Series Romantic Suspense
- 2 Maggie Awards for Mainstream Fiction from Georgia Romance Writers (RWA)
- RWA Golden Heart Award Finalist—Series Romance
- Golden Rose Award from the Gold Coast Chapter of RWA as Chapter Co-Founder
Laura's highly acclaimed Vietnam-era novel, HONORBOUND, received multiple national book awards, as well as endorsements from authors Pat Conroy, W.E.B. Griffin, and Stephen King. Both the Literary Guild Book Club and the Doubleday Book Club chose HONORBOUND as Alternate Book Selections.
She leads private Advanced Novel Group Workshops in Southern California, is a permanent faculty member of the Southern California Writers Conference and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, and is a much sought after guest lecturer and keynote speaker at regional and national writers' conferences.
An active member of International Thriller Writers (ITW) and The Authors Guild, Laura co-founded an RWA chapter early in her award-winning writing career. She is also an Original Founding Member and served on the Board of Directors of Novelists, Inc., and she holds a B.S. in Criminology from California State University, Long Beach.
