Laurie Gilmore is a #1 New York Times, Sunday Timesand Globe & Mailbestselling author who writes small-town romance. Her first novel, The Pumpkin Spice Café , won the TikTok Shop Book of the Year award in 2024. Her Dream Harbor series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing. Laurie is currently based in upstate New York.