Amanda LauerAn avid reader and history buff since childhood, Amanda Lauer fulfilled a lifelong goal with the publication of her debut Civil War novel, A World Such as Heaven Intended in 2014. Lauer learned the technical aspects of writing as a prooreader in the insurance, newspaper, and collegiate arenas. Over the last twenty-one years she has had more than 1,500 articles published in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. Lauer is also the cowriter of the movie The Islands which debuted in theaters nationwide in 2019. The second book in her Heaven Intended series, A Life Such as Heaven Intended, was published in April 2018, and the third book, A Love Such as Heaven Intended, came out in April 2019. Residents of northeast Wisconsin, Lauer and her husband John have been married thirty-nine years. They are involved in their church and community and in their spare time travel for business and pleasure, play golf, run, bike, read, and further their education in the area of personal development. They are the proud parents of four young adult children, have two sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law, and are grandparents to six adorable grandchildren. Read More Read Less