Laurie Alice Eakes used to lie in bed as a child telling herself stories so she didn’t wake anyone else up. Sometimes she shared her stories with others, so when she decided to be a writer, she surprised no one. Family Guardian, her first book, won the National Readers Choice Award for Best Regency in 2007. Since then, she has sold over twenty books to publishers such as Revell, Zondervan, Barbour, and Harlequin Love Inspired.

Eight of her books have been picked up by Thorndike Press for large-print publication, and Lady in the Mist, her first book with Revell, was chosen for hardcover publication by Crossings Book Club.

Laurie Alice teaches online writing courses and enjoys a speaking ministry that takes her from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast. She has recently relocated to Houston, Texas, with her husband and pets and is learning how to live in a big city again.