Laura C. Rader earned a university degree in psychology and minored in history, creative writing, and literature. She drew on those passions in her career as a history and English teacher. Now, a full-time historical fiction writer, Laura also enjoys studying genealogy, attending book club meetings, taking forest walks with her Rough Collie, and visiting with her adult daughter. Originally from California, Laura lives twenty miles north of  Raleigh, North Carolina. 

Hatfield 1677 is a work of historical fiction inspired by true events of King Philip’s War and the lives of her ninth great-grandparents, Benjamin and Martha Waite.