Then Faith receives the opportunity to star in, as well as direct, a lethal action film that could take her career to new heights.

He’s a respected stuntman and Faith knows he’s as dangerous in real life as when he’s diving from cars or throwing punches on-screen.

In need of a change from LA, Faith heads to Sonoma Valley in Northern California only to discover the one man she never wanted to see again is living there.Ĭole Cooper is more than just a handsome rancher and winemaker. Never mind she’s just turned forty and found a wrinkle.

Her intense desire to not have to do the same thing day in and out turned into numerous picture books, middle-grade titles and award-winning teen and historical fiction, including National Book Award finalist, Speak, and National Book Award finalist, Chains.IS HOLLYWOOD’S MOST FORMIDABLE ACTRESS A MATCH FOR ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST STUNTMEN?įaith Martin is not having a mid-life crisis. She became a freelance writer and journalist, though now that she had two children of her own, she was even more interested in writing her own stories. Thinking it was time to get a real job, Laurie realized that people would actually pay her to write. In 1981, she transferred to Georgetown University and graduated three years later with a degree in Languages and Linguistics. While attending Onondaga Community College, she worked at a dairy farm. She developed a fondness for bacon and working with animals. With help from her teachers, Laurie did crack the code and then became one those students who hide library books inside textbooks during class.Īs a teenager, Laurie escaped the traditional classroom and was a foreign exchange student in Denmark, where she worked on pig farm. She attended elementary school in Syracuse, where she was terrified that she’d never be able to learn how to read. Laurie Halse (rhymes with “waltz”) Anderson got to know and appreciate cold weather growing up in upstate New York.

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