Laura Schaefer is the author of The Secret Ingredient (Simon & Schuster 2011), The Teashop Girls (Simon & Schuster 2008), Why We Fall Out of Love (Planet Explorers Publishing 2012), and Ultimate Money-Saving Hacks for College Students (Planet Explorers Publishing 2012).

Under the pen name Avery Sawyer, Laura Schaefer is the author of Notes to Self, a young adult novel about a teen with a traumatic brain injury, and The Forever Contract, a young adult dystopian novella about escaping from hardship by loading one's consciousness into a digital paradise.

Laura is also the founder and publisher of Planet Explorers Travel Guides for Kids. The series includes titles covering Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando, LEGOland Florida, SeaWorld, New York City, Philadelphia, London, Las Vegas, Chicago and The Smithsonian.

Visit Laura online at www.teashopgirls.com or www.planet-explorers.net. You can follow her on Twitter (@teashopgirl) or look for her frequent articles at Match.com and MoneyMix Magazine online.
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