Laurel Mills

Laurel Mills grew up in Maine and now lives in Neenah, Wisconsin. Her first novel Undercurrents was published by Rising Tide Press. Laurel is excited about being a new member of the Intaglio family and anticipates the publication of her second novel Racing Toward Providence in 2008. Currently, she is senior lecturer in English at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, but she is secretly looking forward to retirement in a few years so she can write full time.

Laurel and her partner, Lynn, recently celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary. Laurel and Lynn are the parents of three grown children and are Grandma and Nana to two lovely little girls. They are raising their orphaned nephew, who is now a junior in high school. In addition, they are strong advocates for their oldest daughter, who is cognitively disabled. In their spare time, they are avid readers, moviegoers, bicyclists, birders, and virgin fly-fisherwomen.

Forthcoming Works

Racing Towards Providence

by Laurel Mills

ISBN: 978-1-933113-92-0

Price: $TBA

Release Date: September 2008

Samantha Warren has one passion in life—her painting. She moves to a secluded cabin in Maine where she can work undisturbed. But Kate Sinclair comes along, and Sam discovers another passion. Just as their friendship is developing into something more, several events happen that will change Sam’s life and disrupt the idyllic world she has created for herself.

When Sam posts her eighty acres as a “no hunting” zone, she incurs the wrath of locals who have hunted deer there for generations. A stranger shows up and wants to buy her land, and someone is making serious threats against her. In the midst of these conflicts, her eight-year-old nephew is suddenly orphaned and needs a home, which only Sam can provide.

Samantha’s solitary life as an artist has been thrust into turmoil. How will she resolve these unexpected complications and what does providence have in mind for her?