Laura St. John

Children's author Laura St. John first started writing poetry as a child. Just for fun she created a tiny book of poems that reflected events that were going on in her life: the death of her father, moving away from her best friend, her first love. It soon turned into a joy of writing that led to receiving numerous awards for her copywriting abilities and extemporaneous speaking skills. In college, she won first place for her newspaper literacy campaign from the American Academy of Advertising and has worked at several ad agencies in the media and creative departments. Later, Laura was able to showcase more writing ability as the Creative Service Director at a radio station.

Laura is married with two children that have enjoyed growing up with bedtime stories every night. She has always felt that words have been an important form of communication, on paper or verbally. As an entertainer, she has grown to love presenting words through music, either writing lyrics to songs or singing them. She has written several children’s book and plans on one day writing a biography about her life.

Having grown up without a lot, Laura quickly learned the true value of a kind heart and good friendships. Don’t Judge a Bug by Its Cover was inspired to show the value of seeing others, not for what is on the outside but what is on the inside; never judging others for what they have but rather who they are.

Laura St. John was born in the Washington DC area but calls herself a Floridian at heart, having been on the East coast of Florida since the age of 12. She lost her dad at five years old and was raised by her Italian mother who always made sure there was wholesome food on the table and clothes in the closet. She also has an older and younger brother.

Laura loves animals (bugs too) and feels they represent the innocence of pure, unconditional love. Though Laura was shy as a child, she came out of her shell by using her voice in song. While attending a Catholic school, the nuns helped discover her special gift of music. But it was her high school choral teacher who really developed Laura’s voice and always told her to sing with her soul. This gave her the confidence to perform on stage as a lead singer on several cruise ships and in bands. The love for words shows in every song she performs and every book she writes.

Laura felt strongly about performing AND writing so she learned to develop successful ad campaigns in advertising and marketing arenas. She also has devoted much of her time and energy to being a military and airline wife and raising two wonderful young adults. Being a mom is one of the hardest things anyone can do, and she always felt giving her kids the best start in life was very important. When her kids were younger, she developed a character called the ‘Alphabet Chef’ and turned that into another arm of her entertainment company (alphabetchef.net).

Please like her Facebook pages Laura St. John Enterprises. Hear her sing and checkout all of her entertainment features on her website at www.laurasaintjohnenterprises.com where you can order more copies of her books and even a sample music CD.