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Getting to Know Laura...

A young Laura

Laura Bufano Edge was born just north of Chicago in Waukegan, Illinois. She grew up in a big Italian-Irish family with lots of brothers and sisters. Laura loves to read, travel, dance, ride horses, and watch basketball games. She received her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Texas at Austin and went on to study at the American Institute of Foreign Study in London, Paris, Rome, and Athens. Laura lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and two sons.


Laura loves to travel and learn about new people and new places. She likes to dig beneath the surface and find out the how and why behind a story.

Civita di Bagnoregio

Here's one of Laura's favorite places, beautiful Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy, an 8th century Etruscan settlement.



Civita di Bagnoregio

Civita is built on volcanic rock, so its residents place flower pots on every window and ledge to add touches of color to the quaint scene.


The Seine in Paris, France

Beside the Seine in Paris, France.


The Edge family

Here's Laura and her family hanging out at Rockefeller Center in New York.


The Andrew Carnegie Mansion in New York

When Laura was working on her biography of Andrew Carnegie, she visited his 64-room mansion in New York. Wow! What a house. It's now the Cooper-Hewitt museum.



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