I love hanging with my family, writing, reading, horseback riding, baseball, archery, camping, gerber daisies, white lights on trees, historic main streets, town festivals, and Australian Blue Heeler dogs.
Music
Jonatha Brooke, Rachel Yamagata, Dar Williams, The Corrs, Alanis Morrissette, Dolly Parton, Frou Frou, Bob Seger, Tori Amos, Nora Jones, Shania Twain, Aerosmith, The Oakridge Boys, Charlie Pride, Enya, John Mellencamp, and Alison Krauss.
Movies
A League Of Their Own, Pharlap, Pretty in Pink, Secondhand Lions, Steel Magnolias, Under a Tuscan Sun, Waterboy, Where the Heart Is, While You Were Sleeping
Television
Ugly Betty, Gray's Anatomy, House, American Idol, America's Next Top Model, Top Chef, Gilmore Girls, and reruns of Touched by an Angel.
Books
I read mostly young adult novels, an occasional adult novel or classic, and I love rereading older favorites like Little Women, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, Jane Eyre, Hope was Here, or any of the Little House on the Prairie books. It's like comfort food.
About me: I'm a young adult novelist, wife, mother of two great boys, horse lover, Orioles fan--no matter what their record is, and compulsive list keeper. My first book, BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT, a "Steel Magnolias for teens," was recently named one of Bank Street College's starred Best Children's Books of the Year. Check out MY WEBSITE to find out more or LIVEJOURNAL BLOG!
*STARRED REVIEW*
". . . Teens will find Abbey’s emotional turmoil rings true, as does the reason behind her final act of forgiveness. But it’s the multigenerational friendships-the feisty, sniping conversations with Granny Po and her close circle of friends, "The Widows," brim with humor-that make Bowers’s first novel a delight."–Publisher’s Weekly
"As homey, gossipy, and charming as a small-town beauty shop, Laura Bowers' first novel will soothe your mind, cleanse your pores, and make your hair curl with laughter."
--E. Lockhart, author of The Boyfriend List and Fly on the Wall.
"Bowers gets all the emotional details right in this warm-hearted story. These are the kinds of characters you hate to leave behind when you finish the last page."
–-Ellen Wittlinger, author of Hard Love.
". . . Funny, aching, and authentic, Laura Bowers' debut is one of the finest, most entertaining I've ever read."
--Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize.
2. I can wiggle my ears, which makes for a great party trick.
3. I've never tried sauerkraut because I can't stand the smell.
4. I really liked the Spice Girls movie.
5. My first love was a pony named Jumper.
For those who have read my book, (THANK YOU,) check out my Fact or Fiction page on my website that shows what elements from my life made it into Beauty Shop for Rent!
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Greetings from Sussex, and I thank you for adding my name to your list of "friends." Perhaps you will be interested to hear that my literary agent, Ms King, has cajoled me into participating in a program she is calling "Fifteen Weeks of Bees," which will tie together the fifteenth anniversary of our first collaboration, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, and the publication of our newest venture in May, The Language of Bees. Appropriately, "Fifteen Weeks" will join my efforts on MySpace with hers on her web site and blog. Please join us starting on February 1.
Thanks so much, Laura! I'm going to miss the Random House book fair this time around--using 3-month-old Nathan as an excuse!--but would love to get together elsewise . . . is the children's authors' group still around?
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