Meet Laura Durham

Laura Durham is the author of Better Off Wed, For Better or Hearse, and To Love and To Perish, the first three books in the Annabelle Archer mystery series from Avon. Better Off Wed was awarded the Agatha award for Best First Novel of 2005. Like her protagonist, Laura is a professional wedding planner in Washington, D.C. who has planned some of the city's most extravagant weddings and dealt with some of the world's most neurotic brides. She was inspired to write mysteries because of an overwhelming desire to kill a particularly unpleasant Mother-of-the-Bride, or MOB. Realizing that actually doing the deed would be bad for business, she settled for writing murder instead. The resulting fictionalized exposes of the Washington wedding industry have been called "a perfect marriage of murder and mirth." She has also published a non-fiction wedding planning book titled Stop! Don't Plan A Wedding Without This Book.

Laura attended Duke University on a full writing scholarship, graduating in 1993 with a degree in English. She is currently the owner of the D.C. based Engaging Affairs, Inc. and has planned well over 400 weddings since she started the company in 1996. She was voted DC's top wedding planner in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 by Washingtonian magazine and has been featured in numerous wedding publications throughout the country.

Laura keeps her feet firmly planted in the bridal business because her real wedding experiences continue to be the inspiration for her books. True brides are always stranger than fiction!

Laura's Books:
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The Annabelle Archer Mystery series from Avon

Visit Laura's Website at:
www.lauradurham.com

Email:
laurdurham@thebookbelles.com

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