Author Speed Date

The idea of speed dating is that you get 10 minutes to sit down with a prospective date and get to know them. In that spirit, we present Author Speed Date. A quick 10 minutes for you to get to know some of our clients. Today we'd like you to meet Laura Alden.

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Name (the one you’re published under): Laura Alden

Speed date Bio (one or two lines): Village clerk by day, mystery writer by night, voracious reader at all times.

Web Link: www.lauraalden.com

Next Book, pub date: Foul Play at the PTA, July 2011

Agent: Jessica Faust

About Me

Real Name or Pseudonym: Laura Alden (pseudonym), Janet Koch (what my mom calls me).

Currently Reading: Worth Dying For by Lee Child

Next on Your Reading List: Leap of Faith, Queen Noor’s memoir

Facebook or Twitter (include account name): Facebook as Laura Alden

Three authors living or dead you would want to have dinner with: Laurie R. King, Emily Dickinson, John McPhee.

Jet-setter or armchair traveler: If the checkbook is healthy, jet-setter. If the checkbook is flat, armchairs are just fine.

Glass ½ full or ½ empty: Depends on what’s in the glass!

Tea or Coffee: Tea

Live to write or Write to live: Started out as writing to live, now I live to write.

About My Writing

When (time of day) I write: Whenever I have an open ten minutes.

Writing soundtrack: Windham Hill-type music. Can’t listen to anything vocal; I stop writing and start listening.

Character Inspirations: Every person I meet. (Heh heh heh.)

Plot Inspirations: Almost any news article I read.

Setting Inspirations: Wherever I happen to be, and anywhere I’ve ever wanted to travel. (This includes time travel :)

Plotter (carefully plot books) or Pantser (write from the seat of my pants): A former pantser, I now depend on my outline to help me meet deadlines.