Laura Greaves is a multi-award-winning author, journalist, and proud ‘crazy dog lady’ who believes dogs are a gift we do not deserve.

 

She spent more than 20 years writing for newspapers and magazines in Australia and around the world, during which time she was named Australian Young Journalist of the Year, before following her lifelong dream of writing books (a dream inspired by her dual obsessions with Anne of Green Gables and Murder, She Wrote.)

 

Laura is the author of the non-fiction collections Incredible Dog Journeys, Dogs with Jobs, The Rescuers, Miracle Mutts, Extraordinary Old Dogs, A Dog’s Best Friend, Amazing Aussie Dogs, and the children’s book Amazing Dogs with Amazing Jobs. She has also written four romantic comedy novels: Love in the Fast Lane (out May 12. 2026), Be My Baby, The Ex-Factor, and Two Weeks ‘til Christmas (each of which features an extensive supporting cast of cheeky canines).

 

Laura’s books are published in Australia and New Zealand by Penguin Random House. Several of her books have also been published in countries including the United Kingdom, Mexico, Russia, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic. She has twice won the Dog Writers’ Association of America’s prestigious Rio Award, which recognises the best book about a dog that has impacted a human’s life in a profoundly positive way.

 

When she’s not writing, you’ll most likely find Laura at her day job in the veterinary industry, running (she has completed four marathons), reading (romance is her favourite), watching F1 racing (Lewis Hamilton 4EVAAAAA), or taking a nap. She is also in the midst of launching a social enterprise, completing studies in animal-assisted therapy, and she is a 2023 Churchill Fellow; unsurprisingly, her Fellowship project also involves dogs!

 

Laura lives in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and their three kids. She has three dogs: Coco the Kelpie-Border Collie mix (aka the most neurotic dog on the planet), Ferdinand (Ferdy) the Flatcoated Retriever-giant doofus mix, and Florence the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.