Laura Buckley Reutter is a retired travel industry sales and marketing professional and novelist. Now a resident of San Clemente, California, She has lived all over the US and traveled much the world. She finds inspiration in her travel and life experiences, often asking “what if” – what if she’d done things differently, made different choices, what if lost loved ones were still here, how would their lives have turned out? Works in progress include two upmarket fiction novels and a middle-grade adventure series. Laura has a BA in Communication and BS in Commercial Recreation from University of Colorado, and an MBA from Stetson University. Currently an emeritus student at Saddleback College since 2023, she is now pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing from Drexel University (Class of ’27.)