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"I write about beauty out of ashes, friendships, self-discovery, adventure, and the making of monsters." L.A. Chandlar is the award-winning author of the LANE SANDERS MYSTERY SERIES featuring a fresh take on the vitality of late 1930s New York City and the upcoming 2026 THE LOST STORIES "Based on true holiday events that changed the course of history." Laurie has been nominated for the Agatha, Lefty, Macavity and Anthony Awards; and winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe as well as the GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature. Laurie’s degrees are in English and PR from The University of Michigan. She’s been living and writing in New York City for over 20 years and has been speaking for a wide variety of audiences i ...more

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	The Silver Gun (Art Deco Mystery #1) 3.71 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Christmas Journalist: A journalist’s pursuit to find the history and the people behind the Christmas traditions 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lane Sanders Series and Art Heals

My next book, The Hindenburg Spy, is the fourth in the Lane Sanders series focusing on a lively take on 1930s New York City. The era was rife with difficulties and hardship, but I found that the history of the Depression tends to overlook the vibrancy, the art, the ADVENTURE that made the people not only survive, but thrive in NYC.

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