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Occupation
  
Novelist

Notable works
  
The Sweet Spot

Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Laura Drake

Period
  
2013 - present

Role
  
Author

Genre
  
Romance, contemporary


Laura Drake

Notable awards
  
RITA Award – Best First Book 2014 The Sweet Spot

Books
  
The Reasons to Stay, Her Road Home, Nothing Sweeter, Harlequin Superromance August 2, Twice in a Blue Moon

Ep 065I The First Five Pages: An Interview with Laura Drake - WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast


Laura Drake is an American author of contemporary romance. In 2014, she won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best First Book for The Sweet Spot.

Contents

Biography

Drake grew up in the suburbs outside Detroit, Michigan. She sold her Sweet on a Cowboy series, romances set in the world of professional bull riding, to Grand Central in January 2012. Before the first book in that series was published, she went on to sell a Harlequin SuperRomance in June 2012 and three more in March 2013. Her debut novel, The Sweet Spot, was released in the summer of 2013 and won a RITA for Best First Book.

Drake worked as a CFO until leaving to work full-time on her writing.

Awards and commendation

  • Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best First Book for The Sweet Spot, 2014
  • Starred review in Library Journal, as well as Top Picks in RT Book Reviews
  • References

    Laura Drake Wikipedia


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