Laura Abbot
Encyclopedia
Laura Abbot is an American
writer
of over a dozen romance novels primarily in the Harlequin Superromance line.
, the eldest of three children. Her parents had tried for five years to have a child, and were thrilled when their daughter finally arrived, albeit during the Great Depression
. Born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas
, Abbot, a tomboy, spent a great deal of time with her grandmother, who expected her to change her behavior and become ladylike.
Abbot found college liberating, and worked hard to graduate in only three years. She became a teacher, and, for over twenty-five years taught eighth-and ninth-grade English. Abbot married a year after her college graduation with Mr. Schoffner, and had three children in the next ten years, before she and her husband divorced. She has since remarried, to a man with a daughter and custody of his orphaned nephew. Together they raised their combined five children, and now have thirteen grandchildren.
After Abbot retired from teaching, she began to write. She sold her first romance novel
to Harlequin Enterprises in 1995. Harlequin has since published over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance category. Her novel, My Name is Nell was nominated for a Romantic Times Magazine award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003.
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of over a dozen romance novels primarily in the Harlequin Superromance line.
Biography
Laura Abbot was born in Kansas City, KansasKansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, the eldest of three children. Her parents had tried for five years to have a child, and were thrilled when their daughter finally arrived, albeit during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. Born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, Abbot, a tomboy, spent a great deal of time with her grandmother, who expected her to change her behavior and become ladylike.
Abbot found college liberating, and worked hard to graduate in only three years. She became a teacher, and, for over twenty-five years taught eighth-and ninth-grade English. Abbot married a year after her college graduation with Mr. Schoffner, and had three children in the next ten years, before she and her husband divorced. She has since remarried, to a man with a daughter and custody of his orphaned nephew. Together they raised their combined five children, and now have thirteen grandchildren.
After Abbot retired from teaching, she began to write. She sold her first romance novel
Romance novel
The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
to Harlequin Enterprises in 1995. Harlequin has since published over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance category. Her novel, My Name is Nell was nominated for a Romantic Times Magazine award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003.
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
Hometown U.S.A. Series Multi-Author
- A Country Practice 2001/Feb
- My Name is Nell 2003/Oct
Antologies in collaboration
- Sanctuary 2003/Dec (with Pamela Bauer, Judith Bowen, K.N. Casper, Brenda NovakBrenda NovakBrenda Novak is an American author. She has written more than 35 books, and has sold more than 3 million copies. Her novels have received critical acclaim and won many awards, including two RITA Award nominations, the Book Buyer’s Best and the Bookseller's Best Award...
and Caron Todd) - Baby in the House / My Name is Nell 2004/Jan (with Pamela Bauer)
- Wrong Man / Daddy Quest 2004/May (with Lori HandelandLori HandelandLori Handeland is an American author of romance novels. She has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.- Biography :Handeland has wanted to be a writer since she was 10 years old. As an adult, she wrote her first book in a two-year span. It was chosen for publication.Handeland has...
) - Stranger at the Door / To Save a Family 2008/Oct (with Anna DeStefano)
External links
- Biography at Super Authors
- Laura Abbot in Fantastic Fiction
- Author Profile at Romantic Times