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Laura Lavoie

@llavoieauthor.bsky.social

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Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Newest PB: COUSINS! Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · May 14

New intro post: I'm Laura and I write funny picture books, some in rhyme, some in prose, and spooky middle grade novels 🖐 I currently have books out with Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and Hachette.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · 24d

I have fallen off the radar here, too! Trying to cut back on socials a bit 🙂

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · 28d

Great list of books for spooky season, including one written by me!

Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 29d

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and...
#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks for including 13 DOORS!

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Many thanks to Deborah for having me on her blog! If you like spooky #mglit, be sure to check it out! 👇

Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Q&A with Laura Lavoie about her new middle grade novel, THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE.
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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is my occasional reminder that I offer PB critiques. If you're looking for someone to help you snazz up a manuscript or two! lauralavoieauthor.com/critiques/

Picture Book Critiques by Author Laura Lavoie

I am able to offer critiques of humorous picture books, stories with puns and wordplay, lyrical books, and tales that mix humor and heart.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks, #bookposse! Excited that you're reading my spooky #mglit mystery!

Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’m always up for a good #mglit mystery story! Happy to share this new one by @llavoieauthor.bsky.social with my friends at #bookposse! 📚👍🏻 @unionsqandco.bsky.social

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 24

Did you know that today is Cousins Day? That makes it a great day to pick up a copy of my latest picture book and gift it to your/your kids' favorite cousin!

Several copies of the picture book COUSINS! A brightly colored cover depicts several happy cousins engaging in adventurous play.

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 20

Can't wait to get my hands on BROKEN DOLLS by @allymalinenko.bsky.social Check out the Kirkus review–sounds so creepy and excellent! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

BROKEN DOLLS | Kirkus Reviews

Grieving sisters are hunted by haunted dolls.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 12

Finally got my copy of BEST BUDS, the latest picture book written by my brilliant and funny friend @beckyscharn.bsky.social This story is a must-have! The illustrations by Jiaru Jiang are stunning 😍 A great giftable book for one (or ten) of your best buds! 🌼

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 9

This somehow seems a our right, though? 😫

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

I somehow hadn't heard of "ghosts on the coast" books until today, but that is absolutely the vibe of THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE. If you like dark, stormy summer coastlines with eerie apparitions, this spooky MG novel is for you. #booksky #mglit

Cover of the middle grade mystery THE THIRTEEN DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE. Ghostly animals emerge from mysterious doors, set against crashing ocean waves.

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jul 3

Signing and personalizing a copy of COUSINS! for Governor Hochul's granddaughter at a book signing last weekend 🙂

Author Laura Lavoie signing a copy of the picture book COUSINS for New York State Governor Kathy Hochul.

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · Apr 29

Being an artist is like "when i finish this art project i am going to reward myself for working so hard by making this new art project"

Over and over until you die.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 30

Spotted: my first picture book, VAMPIRE VACATION, in a Summerween display at
B&N!

Various spooky picture books and chapters books, including Vampenguin, Vampire Vacation, Vampire vs. Beach, and several of RL Stine's Goosebumps books in a bookstore display.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Jun 27

We read books by LGBTQ+ authors before. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors now. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors tomorrow. Literature is for and by everyone.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm on the Seasons of Kidlit blog today talking about my latest books—perfect for summer vacation reading. Enter to 🌟WIN🌟 your choice of either of these beauties! (Entry instructions in blog post; link in my bio.)

A bright and colorful cover of the picture book COUSINS! featuring several children having summer fun.

An eerie an ominous cover of thr middle grade mystery THE THIRTEEN Doors of Black House featuring several mysterious doors with ghostly animals emerging, set against crashing waves.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

One of my summer-themed picture books is very cheap on the Big A right now. I love, love, love indies, but I also get that books are $$ & not everyone can easily afford them.

The picture book Vampire Vacation advertised on Amazon for $7.34

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yes!

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 20

Genuinely CANNOT WAIT for this book!

This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · Jun 20

SHE’S DONE DONE DONE! FINAL PASS PAGES ARE DONE!

BROKEN DOLLS IS COMING YOUR WAY SEPTEMBER 30 2025!

PREORDERS ARE AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATED

tinyurl.com/ez7amknm

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks to Mama Braga for a wonderful review of COUSINS! "Lavoie's writing bounces like a trampoline of joy" is perhaps the most fun thing anyone has ever said about me! mommabraga.com/2025/06/18/c...

Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Writing tip: How old is your MC? What year would they have been born? Look up the top 100 names from that year & use it to guide you.

I will accept that there might be a teenage Barb running around in 2025, but I will *not* accept that her besties are Nancy, Patty & Trish 🙃

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 13

This book about 13 mysterious doors has been out for one month today—on Friday the 13th!

Booklist calls it, "A fast-paced, soon-to-be-classic haunted house story."

#mglit #booksky

What would you do if you could visit your favorite author's house? Join amateur sleuth Maya Murtagh in this eerie Maine Coast mystery.

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 12

Looking forward to this one!

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jun 12

★ Justine Pucella Winans “conjures satisfying, spine-tingling scares” in their “atmospheric” middle grade ghost story A LITTLE TOO HAUNTED

A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans

Thirteen-year-old aspiring ghost hunter Luna Catalano always thought that her two mothers’ jobs as home improvement influencers ...

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Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm going to be doing some signed book giveaways exclusively for newsletter subscribers soon. If you haven't signed up yet, get on it! (I only send newsletters 2-3 times a year, so I won't spam yout inbox.) lauralavoieauthor.com#foobox-1/0

Laura Lavoie, Books for Kids of All Ages

I write picture books and middle grade novels. Some of my books are funny, some are spooky, and some are a little bit of both!

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Lauren H. Kerstein @laurenkerstein.bsky.social · Jun 12

Today is the day! It's #trailer release day! HOPE RODE is galloping to #bookshelves TWO months from today! I can't wait for you to learn about these incredible women and to see #BeccaStadtlander's BREATHTAKING #art.
@unionsquarekids.bsky.social for @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians

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