Laura S. Jeffrey

"Romance Redux: Finding Love in Your Later Years" (Rowman & Littlefield) is part memoir, part exploration of issues and true stories from Laura’s public radio podcast, “Dating While Gray.” Laura was married for almost 30 years before getting divorced. Newly single, she turned to friends and relationship experts for advice. When it comes to romance, older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser!

Laura has spent her career sharing relatable and thought-provoking true stories. Her first published piece profiled the parents of a fallen Marine who channeled their grief into establishing one of the nation’s first volunteer support groups for military families. Among the other amazing people Laura has interviewed: a daughter of legendary civil rights figure Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, pioneering LGBT journalist Randy Shilts, and her own mother, whose childhood memories of dance parties with Harper Lee and Truman Capote informed a travel feature for The Washington Post.

The mother of two grown children, Laura is a dedicated jogger along the trails of Reston, Va., and the sandy shores of Emerald Isle, N.C.